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Katy Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015867
MRDS ID DB02135
Record type Site
Current site name Katy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06144, 46.6674 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position EAST SIDE OF THE SCRATCHGRAVEL HILLS, NEAR THE FOOT OF THE SLOPE, ABOUT .5 MILE SOUTH OF THE HOPEFUL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 004W 36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.8 KM NW OF FOREST VALE CEMETERY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    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) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 20 SE
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Scratchgravel Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Otto Anderson
    First year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • $75000 TOTAL PRODUCTION UP TO 1927.

Comments on the workings information

  • 175 FT. ADIT, 50 FT. STOPE EXTENDS 95 FT., IN TOTAL PROBABLY SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL VEINS WITH ALTERED WALL ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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