| Deposit ID | 10101735 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008076 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Bow Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Part of Berkley Pit. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.51478, 46.01379 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 1.2 KM SW OF MEADERVILLE. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003N | 007W | 18 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcanthite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 80 OZ/TON AG, CHALCANTITE CONTAINS 13 % CU. |
|---|
| 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) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.51478, 46.01379 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Strike | N 65 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 68 S |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008076 |
USGS PP 74, 157, 158, 159 , PL. X
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONTINUOUSLY STOPED TO A DEPTH OF 600 FT. CUT BY RARUS FAULT. CU AND AG DECREASES DOWNWARD |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | New Mine since 12/15/2025 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2402827 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Silver Bow Mine |
| Current operator | SBM Montana LLC |
| Current controller (parent) | Silver Bow Mining Corp |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1883 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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