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Mantle and South Mantle Mine

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019666
MRDS ID DC11089
Record type Site
Current site name Mantle and South Mantle Mine
Alternate or previous names Rock of Ages Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24255, 46.29073 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MI N OF BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 005W 08,09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE ON MANTLE ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24255, 46.29073
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Width 0.41M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS 300 AND 400 FT IN LENGTH, 100 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY HAD A WATER-POWERED GRAVITY MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 34, 103.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, PL. 1.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 103.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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