| Deposit ID | 10105524 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002867 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cottontail Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Huron Mine |
| Related records | 10269500 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.95311, 45.19018 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES NE OF BANNACK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 007S | 011W | 28 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rhodochrosite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Madison | ||||
| Rock description | Madison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Granitic rock |
|---|
| Strike | N 70 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 S |
| Width | 0.08M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Discoverer | Batchelor |
| District name | Blue Wing District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Spokane National Mines, Inc. |
| Home office | 424 Hutton Bldg. Spokane, WA 99204 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W002867 |
MBMG BULL 6.
MBMG BULL 85.
MBMG BULL 92
MBMG MEM 20, P. 5
1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G., BULL. 6, SHENON, P.J.
1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G., BULL. 85, GEACH, R.D.
GEACH, R.D., 1972, M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO NARROW FISSURE VEINS. ONE STRIKES N80E, THE OTHER STRIKES N65E. BOTH DIP STEEPLY SOUTH. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1860'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1975 | Mlynarczyk, Meg S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.