Daily West Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019676
MRDS ID DC11110
Record type Site
Current site name Daily West Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29616, 46.29546 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.6 KM NW OF BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 006W 01 SW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Lowland Creek Volcanics;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Lowland Creek Volcanics;Butte Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Klondyke Gold Mines, Inc.
    Home office Boulder, Mt. 59632
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. W. Schreiner And Others
    Home office 3011 Richardson, Butte, Mt., 59701

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 22

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 102

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 25, P. 20

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 100, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, PL. 1

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 102.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.