| Deposit ID | 60001622 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002663 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Butte District |
| Alternate or previous names | Summit Valley District |
| Related records | 60001101 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.53009, 46.0249 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Selenium | Secondary |
| Cadmium | Secondary |
| Sulfur | Secondary |
| Tellurium Critical | Secondary |
| Calcium | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Model code | 53 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 17 |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 4 |
| (1) | -112.53009, 46.0249 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | RARUS FAULT SYSTEM; ANACONDA AND BLUE VEINS (HORESETAIL VEINS), CONTINENTAL FAULT |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | BOULDER BATHOLITH, LEWIS AND CLARK LINEAMENT |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | BUTTE DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | SUMMIT VALLEY DISTRICT |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | ANACONDA COMPANY |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | ANACONDA COMPANY |
BUTTE FIELD MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF ECO. GEOL., 1973.
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.
MC MAHON, A.D., ET AL, 1974, THE U.S. ZINC INDUSTRY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8629 P. 26, 7.
MILLER, R.N., 1973, PRODUCTION HISTORY OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT AND GEOLOGICAL FUNCTION, PAST AND PRESENT; IN SOC. ECON. GEOLOGISTS, BUTTE FIELD MEETING P. F-2.
MEYER, CHARLES, ET AL, 1968, ORE DEPOSITS AT BUTTE, MONTANA; IN RIDGE, J.D. EO., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933-1967, V. 2, P. 1373-1416.
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.