Copper Hill

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148474
MAS/MILS ID 0300490037
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.23949, 46.656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 005 W 04 S2NWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.23949, 46.656

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 35M
    Length 120M
    Width 1.5M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip E00W:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 790720

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Austin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. T. Anosn
    Interest 50
    Year 1977
  • Type Unknown
    Owner E. C. Anosn
    Interest 50
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA MBMG IC-13 VC DEMUNCK 1956

  • Deposit

    METALIFEROUS DEP OF THE GREATER HELENA MIN. DIST PARDEE USG

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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