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Crown Butte and Melissa Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197211
MAS/MILS ID 0300670081
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Butte and Melissa Mine
Alternate or previous names New World Project - 0300670249, Crown Butte Claim, Melissa Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.95219, 45.04992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 S 014 E 10 W2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CROWN BUTTE CLAIM LOCATED IN E2 SEC. 10 AND W2 SEC. 11. MELISSA CLAIM LOCATED IN W2 SEC. 11.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.95219, 45.04992
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crown Butte Resources
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 49, 1966, P. 31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-96 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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