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Silver Hill Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Uranium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019595
MRDS ID DC10907
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17171, 46.31101 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position AJOINS COMET MINE ON THE W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(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 005W 36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S OF TOWN OF COMET.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -112.17171, 46.31101
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harold Giulio
    Home office Boulder, Mt. 59632

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WITH SEVERAL LEVELS, N CROSSCUT ON 65-LEVEL INTERSECTS EXTENSION OF 3 VEINS THAT WERE MINED AT THE COMET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 85, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    USGS IC 277, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 82, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-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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