| Deposit ID | 10125010 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930039 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Star West |
| Alternate or previous names | Starwest |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.54809, 46.0032 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1683 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003 N | 008 W | 24 | NWNWNW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Rhodochrosite | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -112.54809, 46.0032 |
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| Strike | N75W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 50S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 229M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 229M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 1.5HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Anaconda Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930039 |
ANON,NO DATE,STAR WEST UNPUB.USBM MANUSCRIPT
PARDEE,1918,U.S.GEOL SURV BUL.690-E P.129
ALLSMAN 1955 OXID & ENRICH MN DEPS BTEMT UNPUB MSTHESIS MTTE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE STARWEST IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS. A COMPLETE EVALUATION OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQUENCE NUMBER 0300930039. IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT, THE STARWEST IS MINED CON- CURRENTLY WITH THE TZARINA AND TRAVONA IN THE SECOND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. COMPLETE MINING METHODS, BENEFICI ATION, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE STAR- WEST DEPOSIT UNDER THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT SEQUENCE NUMBER. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS FOR THE MINE ARE PRESENT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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