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Robert Emmet Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015843
MRDS ID DB02099
Record type Site
Current site name Robert Emmet Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09671, 46.32684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF THE WICKES-BOULDER DIVIDE NEAR THE ROAD BETWEEN THE TWO TOWNS.

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)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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 007N 004W 27 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI NE OF AMAZON.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $2-5 /TON AU (1900)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09671, 46.32684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N74W
    Dip 84N
    Length 91.44M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Granite And Andesites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Amazon District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ann C. Van Sickle
    Home office 2615 N. Cooke, Helena, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCING IN 1916, 1926, 1947 (DUMP), 1953 ONLY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ELECTRICALLY EQUIPED IN 1908. A 500 FT SHAFT THAT HAD 800 FT OF LEVEL WORK AT THE BOTTOM, OTHER LEVELS AT 200 AND 500 FT. A CROSSCUT 600 FT LONG REACHES A 2ND SHAFT AT A DEPTH OF 170 FT. BOTH SHAFTS CAVED AT COLLAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 527, P. 120.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 295-96.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 95, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 22, 98.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 100, P. 11.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 98.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN CROSS CUT STRIKES N79W AND DIPS 75N; PROBABLY NOT THE SAME VEIN AS EXPOSED IN SHAFT COLLAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-79 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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