Mineral Hill Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012376
MRDS ID D007977
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Yellowstone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06282, 46.44573 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 7.0 KM NNW OF JEFFERSON CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 004W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN A SMALL GULCH ON THE N SIDE OF CLANCY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Dacite Dike (Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Dacite Dike (Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06282, 46.44573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 65-75S
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LODE HAS CUT ACROSS A DACITE DIKE 90 FT WIDE TRENDING NEARLY N & S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT SHAFT, AN ADIT, 2 WINZES, RAISE, DRIFT

Comments on development

  • RELOCATED 1908. YELLOWSTONE GROUP HAS 10 OR 11 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ZONE IS 5-10 FT WIDE AND IS MADE OF A FEW SUBPARAUEL STRINGERS OF QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 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.