Kain Mine

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094796
MRDS ID DC09591
Record type Site
Current site name Kain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17727, 46.58323 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 10.0 KM W OF HELENA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(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 010N 005W 36 NW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.0 KM N OF HIGHWAY 10 N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17727, 46.58323

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Cloud District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Rain
    Home office Box 328, Helena, Mt.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 52-3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 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.