Rimini

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400187
Record type Site
Current site name Rimini

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24789, 46.4859 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) TOURMALINIZATION, SERICITIZATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock type qualifier RHYOLITE FLOWS
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name BUTTE QUARTZ MONZONITE (BOULDER BATHOLITH)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24789, 46.4859

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure name RED MOUNTAIN FAULT, LEE MOUNTAIN-VALLEY FORGE SHEAR ZONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • BOULDER BATHOLITH AND LATER IGNEOUS ACTIVITY

Comments on the geologic information

  • MORE THAN 100 QUARTZ VEINS ARE KNOWN IN THE DISTRICT. ALL THE VEINS ON THE W SIDE OF RED MOUNTAIN EXTEND NORTHWARD TO LEE MOUNTAIN-VALLEY FORGE ZONE. THE LEE MOUNTAIN-VALLEY FORGE SHEAR ZONE TRENDS N50-60E AND DIPS STEEPLY. IT CONSISTS OF FAULTS, VEINS, AND ALTERED ROCK ACROSS A WIDTH OF A FEW HUNDRED FEET, AND IT IS ABOUT 5 MILES LONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1865
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Rimini (Vaughn)

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1865-1950
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5mt
    Major Silver Silver 106mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 10300000mt ore
  • Type In-situ
    Name Au
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 14mt ore

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION: THE OLDER (LATE CRET) AND MORE PRODUCTIVE ORE BODIES ARE AURIFEROUS SILVER-LEAD VEINS IN TOURMALINIZED AND SERICITIZED QUARTZ MONZONITE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE BATHOLITH. THE TERTIARY DEPOSITS ARE LOW GRADE AND CONSIST OF ALTERED RHYOLITE IMPREGNATED WITH AU ALONG SMALL FRACTURES. IN SEVERAL MINE DUMPS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL HAS BEEN FOUND

Beyond USGS

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