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Hibernia Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Manganese, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019803
MRDS ID DC11590
Record type Site
Current site name Hibernia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57589, 46.01518 (WGS84)
Relative position S 1/2 N 1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 008W 15 S2 OF N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE THE CENTER OF A QUARTER SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Gold Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57589, 46.01518
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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 Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Davis Daly Co.
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1924.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1918, 1922-1924.

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 100 FT. WIDE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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