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Czarina Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089457
MRDS ID W026569
Record type Site
Current site name Czarina Mine
Alternate or previous names Tzarina Mine
Related records 10270451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57117, 46.0124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Relative position APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE WEST OF CITY LIMITS OF BUTTE, MONTANA

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 14,15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED, ALTITUDE APPROXIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO INFORMATION GIVEN AS TO SILVER BEARING MINERALS SEQUENCES. POSSIBLE SPHALERITE AND GALENA OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Wad Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Considerable Kaolinization

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57117, 46.0124
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local North - East Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip UNKNOWN
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Within Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Discoverer W. L. Forlin - Black Ledge Claims In Area
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Butte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Cole (Leased Products)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Copper Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME EXPLORATORY SURFACE PITS USED TO DELINEATE VEIN OUTCROPS. LENGTH OF WORKINGS FROM GEOLOGIC MINE MAP (ESTIMATED) DEPTH OF WORKINGS FROM CROSS SECTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAS, PRODYOT K., 1950 , CZARINA MINE, THESIS IN PARTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES (MONTANA TECH), 21 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE OUTCROP IS 30 FEET ACROSS HOWEVER, VEIN SEEMS TO NARROW WITH DEPTH. LENGTH OF BODY INFERRED FROM MAP OF WORKINGS STRIKE OF VEINS FROM GEOLOGICAL MINE MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

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