Marysville District

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Molybdenum, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071390
MRDS ID W014739
Record type Site
Current site name Marysville District
Alternate or previous names Ottawa, Bald Butte Districts

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33422, 46.7499 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N;011N;012N;012N 006W;005W;006W;005W 01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11;06,07,18,19;13,14,15,16,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,33,34,35,36;19,30,31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Marysville Stock
    Rock description Marysville Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33422, 46.7499

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Marysville Stock

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphism

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY ABOUT 9,687 OZ. PRODUCED AFTER 1904

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 6000M
    Overall width 5000M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DEPOSITS ARE STEEPLY DIPPING AU AND AG VEINS AROUND THE BORDER OF THE QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK. SOME VEINS ARE IN THE MARGINAL PART OF THE DIORITE STOCK, BUT MOST ARE IN THE METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Rankin, David A.; Krohn, D. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 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.