Rimini District

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001630
MRDS ID W002869
Record type District
Current site name Rimini District
Alternate or previous names Vaughn District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25089, 46.4999 (WGS84)
Relative position SURROUNDING AREA IS OF HIGH RELIEF; NEAR CONTINENTAL DIVIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION
  • (Local) TOURMALINIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25089, 46.4999

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description RED MOUNTAIN FAULT, LEE MOUNTAIN-VALLEY FORGE SHEAR ZONE
Type of structure Regional
Structure description BOULDER BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name RIMINI DISTRICT
District name VAUGHN DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MONTANA LEAD CO.
    Year 1928

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.