Bismarck Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper
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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101812
MRDS ID D009667
Record type Site
Current site name Bismarck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13282, 46.3124 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.1KM SW OF AMAZON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 32 SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sericite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 0.25OZ/TON AU, 19.0 OZ/TON AG, 8.9% PB, 6.4% ZN, SMALL AMOUNT CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Quartz Latite Dike;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Latite Dike;Butte Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13282, 46.3124

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N64W
    Dip 65-89N
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Amazon District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Haupt, Charles And Lillian
    Home office Long Beach, Ca.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 169.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 21, 98.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 49-50, 53, 89.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-24-1971

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 98.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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.