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Australia Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019623
MRDS ID DC10991
Record type Site
Current site name Australia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14144, 46.31101 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.3KM SW OF WICKES.

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 004W 31,32 SE (31); SW (32) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W OF AUSTRIALIAN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.005-0.47 OZ/TON AU
Result $60-150/TON LEAD-IRON ORE (1972).

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) -112.14144, 46.31101
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bismark-Van Armin 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 Amazon District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Justin, Jr. And Georgia M. Bourquin
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • 60 TONS SENT IN 1872

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 21

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 53, 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS IN ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE CLOSE TO THE ROOF PENDANT. IT PROBABLY IS THE E EXTENSION OF THE AUSTRALIAN-BISMARK VEIN SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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.

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