Clancy Mine

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013393
MRDS ID D009660
Record type Site
Current site name Clancy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34394, 45.7124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3.25 MI NW OF SILVER STAR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Star(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 006W 33 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI NNW OF GREEN CAMPBELL MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Rader Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Rader Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34394, 45.7124

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • FLOODED SHAFT, 250 FT LONG TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, ROBERT C., USGS, 1981, FIELD INSPECTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 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.

External references