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Twin Buttes Claim

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  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 10014289
MRDS ID D010997
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Buttes Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24175, 46.45795 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 KM SW OF MAXVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 013W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MI S OF THE DURAND MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2-4% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24175, 46.45795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S 38 E
    Dip 69 S
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Maxville District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL BUNCHES OF HIGH GRADE COPPER AND IRON ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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