Butterfly

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Antimony
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012269
MRDS ID D007813
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53534, 46.67184 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 9.5 KM NE OF AVON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 007W 30 SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.2 KM SE OF THE GHOST TOWN OF BLACKFOOT CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53534, 46.67184

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Thickness 0.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUTCROPS OF GRANODIORITE NEAR WORKINGS BUT NO TACTITE WAS FOUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS, SHORT ADIT, A SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL 0.25 IN QUARTZ VEINLETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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