Martin and Battle Butte Mines

Occurrence in Flathead county in Montana, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078279
MRDS ID W026535
Record type Site
Current site name Martin and Battle Butte Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59571, 47.90988 (WGS84)
Elevation 1039
Relative position 23 AIRLINE MILES SW KALISPELL, MT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Flathead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kofford Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(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 Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025N 023W 20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN ON MARTIN ADIT - BATTLE BUTTE ADIT 0.5 MILE SOUTHEAST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Formation Of Silica, Kaolinite, And Alunite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite
    Rock description Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Ravalli Group
    Rock description Ravalli Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59571, 47.90988

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Large Nw - Trending Fault Providing Control For Flathead Mine Intrusive

Ore body information

  • General form POD AND LENSLIKE ORE BODIES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting In Argillite And Breccia Pipes In Intrusive(?) Andesite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITE AND LATITE OCCUR AS FLOWS, AND IN THE PORPHYRITIC PHASES BOTH UNITS MAY OCCUR AS INSTRUSIVES ALSO WITHIN THE IGNEOUS MASS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Hog Heaven District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burlington Northern Railroad

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS (300 - FT MARTIN SHAFT AND 100 - FT BATTLE BUTTE SHAFT) AND 2 SHORT ADITS PLUS SOME PITS COMPRISE THE MINE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • MBMG MEM. 17 , MBMG BULLS. 36 , 79

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND TAYLOR, A. V., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE OCCURENCE OF THE HOG HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MOUNTANA, MBMG MEM 17, 16P.

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. A., AND OTHERS, 1963, PROGRESS REPORT ON G EOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI - FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHEST MONTANA, MBMG BULL 29

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 36, P.55

  • Deposit

    1929 RECON MBMG, MEM. NO. 17

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP MBMG, BULLS. 36 , 79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PODS OF ORE INTERCEPTED IN 300 - FT MARTIN SHAFT. SOME ORE ASSOCIATED WITH A PIPE AND SOME MINERALIZATION RELATED TO FAULTING
Deposit ENRICHMENT WITH RESPECT TO SILVER CONCENTRATION HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PROCESS WITHIN THE HOG HEAVEN DISTRICT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Johns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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