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Kit Carson Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101888
MRDS ID D011267
Record type Site
Current site name Kit Carson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57033, 46.01296 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 KM W OF THE MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES.

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 SW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE GULCH E OF THE NETTIE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH VALUES IN AU AND 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 Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57033, 46.01296
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Plunge 70 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 5 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 VEINS WHICH OUTCROP ON THE CREST OF THE HILL N OF THE SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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