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East Katie Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101982
MRDS ID DC10006
Record type Site
Current site name East Katie Mine
Alternate or previous names Lot 7 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26616, 46.27212 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position AT BASIN, ALMOST OPPOSITE THE HOPE-KATE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(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 006N 005W 17,18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF BOULDER RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26616, 46.27212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1952-1956

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • RECENT PRODUCTION (1952-1956) IS CREDITED TO BASIN JIB MINE. IT IS CLASSED AS A LOW GRADE MILLING ORE. PRE 1929 $20000 WAS PRODUCED. MOSTLY IN AU

Comments on the workings information

  • 1929 A 200 FT SHAFT AND DRIFTS WERE PUT IN. 1955 THE SHAFT WAS EXTENDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS PART OF HOPE-KATIE LODE THAT HAS BEEN DISPLACED 800 FT TO THE N BY FAULTING. VEIN IS CUT BY QUARTZ PORPHORY DIKE AT NEARLY RT ANGLES BUT DOES NOT DISPLACE IT. GALENA IS FOUND ON 200 FT LEVEL.

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

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

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