Dailey Copper Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10220904
MRDS ID M060811
MAS/MILS ID 0300430027
Record type Site
Current site name Dailey Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Daily, Custer & M.S., Atlas
Related records 10042784

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.10368, 46.3507 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 004 W 16 SESESE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT ALSO IN SW 1/4 OF SECTION 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.10368, 46.3507

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 16, 1960, P. 50

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, L963, P.77 AND PLATE 1 LOCATION NO. 70.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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