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King Tut Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10098027
MRDS ID DB02136
Record type Site
Current site name King Tut Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.23006, 46.65601 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES NE OF AUSTIN, .25 MILE EAST OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY LOOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(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 010N 005W 03 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.7 KM SW OF DREADNAUGHT HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 40% PB, 120 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.23006, 46.65601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PIPES OR CHIMNEYS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Intrusive Contact With Quartz Monzonite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Austin District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WINZE SUNK 150 FT. ON A 45 DEGREE SLOPE. SHAFT, CROSSCUT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PIPE IS 2 FT. WIDE AND 6 FT. IN STOPE LENGTH. TO A DEPTH OF 40 FT. THE ORE CONSISTS MOSTLY OF CARBONATES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 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.

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