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Black Butte Claim

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010765
MRDS ID D004728
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07309, 45.94712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES NNE OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 004W 11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SECTION 11, WEST SLOPE OF BLACK BUTTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Gauge

Analytical data

Result COMPOSIT ASSAY FROM TWO VEINS GAVE 0.04 OZ. AU, 3.8 OZ. AG, AND 1.4% CU. (LINDQUIST, 1966)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Meagher
    Rock description Meagher
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07309, 45.94712
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. CROSSCUT, 80 FT. OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDQUIST, ALEC. E., 1966, STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WHITEHALL MINING DISTRICT, JEFFERSON CO., MONTANA: MONT. SCHOOL OF MINES, MS THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS ORE EXPOSED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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