Calvert Red Buttons Mine

Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Beryllium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008784
MRDS ID D001166
Record type Site
Current site name Calvert Red Buttons Mine
Alternate or previous names Calvert Tungsten Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15229, 45.84822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Relative position 20 AIR MILES SOUTH OF ANACONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foolhen Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 013W 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • EAST 1/2 OF SE 1/4, SECTION 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15229, 45.84822

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Plunge 45 DEG S
    Thickness 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Ferguson And Henderson

Mining district

District name Calvert Hill District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1956-1957
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1959
    Period 1959
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MILL SITE AT GLEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MR-25

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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