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Nipper Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Arsenic
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012444
MRDS ID D008080
Record type Site
Current site name Nipper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52811, 46.01934 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 KM W OF MEADERVILLE.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 07 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF LITTLE MINA AND NW OF NEVERSWEAT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52811, 46.01934
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40-50 W
    Dip 64 S
    Length 2413.95M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 487.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Blue Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORPHYRY DIKE IS SHEETED AND PARALLEL TO THE PLANES SEEN THE GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE MAINLY WORKS THE BLUE VEIN. IT IS ALSO TRANSVERSE BY A REGULAR RYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKE. IT ALSO HAS AN E EXTENSION OF THE STEWARD VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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