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Parnell Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012445
MRDS ID D008081
Record type Site
Current site name Parnell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52172, 46.02046 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.2 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

  • W SIDE OF BERKLEY PIT AND DUMP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE L.E.R. VEIN: 5 % CU, 5 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 231.65M

Comments on the workings information

  • 650 FT SHAFT WITH LONG CROSS CUTS TO THE S ON THE 550 AND 650 LEVELS, AND ONE TO THE NE AT A DEPTH OF 450 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PRODUCTIVE VEINS. HIGH IN AG, LOW IN CU. A NUMBER OF VEINS IN THE BLUE AND ANDACONDA SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN CUT. THE COQUET VEIN STRIKES E-W AND DIPS 72 S. IT IS A GOOD QUARTZ-PYRITE VEIN. THE L.E.R. VEIN WAS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE, IT IS A MEMBER OF THE BLUE VEIN SYSTEM. ITS STRIKE IS NW AND ITS DIP IS 56-64S. THE PARNELL VEIN IS 200 FT S OF THE L.E.R. ITS STRIKE IS E-W WITH A S DIP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 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.

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