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Moody and Sankey Mines

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101889
MRDS ID D011271
Record type Site
Current site name Moody and Sankey Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59672, 46.0249 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 KM NW OF BIG BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 008W 09 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite
    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

Ore body information

  • Plunge 70-90 S
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. B. M. Mining Contractors, 2422 Walnut St., Butte, Mt. And Robert Churchill, Butte, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 253-54, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 66

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1956.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-84 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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