Goldsmith Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101890
MRDS ID D011274
Record type Site
Current site name Goldsmith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54533, 46.03046 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 KM NE OF BIG BUTTE.

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 12 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W OF THE ARMY-SELVERSMITH MINE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $100-200/TON IN AU (1905)

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) -112.54533, 46.03046

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 80S

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peter Antoniolli
    Home office 524 Washington St., Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Crystal Copper Co.
    Home office Boston, Ma.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED HIGH GRADE AG ORE UP TO 1940'S-ALSO LEAD-ZINC ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1676.4M
    Overall depth 259.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, WINZES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 247, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1914, 1918, 1922, 1923-1927.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 108

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS; USGS PP 74; MBMG MEM 20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RAINBOW CODE WAS WORKED IN THE MINE. 2 VEINS THE S WAS THE MORE PRODUCTIVE WITH A WIDTH OF 8-36 IN AND IS PERSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE CLAIM THE N VEIN DIPS N FOR 120 FT BELOW THE SURFACE, IT IS FAULTED AT DEPTH, IT IS 12-36 IN WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 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.

External references