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Copper Hill Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019961
MRDS ID DC12059
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.67089, 45.72073 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF MELROSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 001S 009W 25,26 W2 (25); E2 (26) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.67089, 45.72073
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Desrivers, J. Helehen
    First year 1950

Comments on development

  • GROUP INCLUDES BOLIVAR, DURHAM, COPPER HILL, AND CURTIS PATENTED CLAIMS.(NW TO SE). COPPER HILL HAS ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 72, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    USBM REPORT TO SEC. OF STATE: COPPER HILL MINE, 1944.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN PIT. EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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