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Wake Up Jim Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014474
MRDS ID D011268
Record type Site
Current site name Wake Up Jim Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5245, 46.02351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1895
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 KM NW 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 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IT IS BETWEEN THE GREEN MOUNTAIN AND E. GREY ROCK MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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

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 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, 100 FT LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SETS OF FISSURES, NEAR THE SURFACE APPEARS TO HAVE CONCENTRATED MAINLY ON THE NE FRACTURES, BUT BELOW ON THE 400-FT LEVEL THE LODE TRENDS SE, THE NE FISSURES CONSITITUTING ONLY SPUR VEINS. A SPUR VEIN 80 FT W OF THE SHAFT, WHICH IN PLACES IT IS 5 FT WIDE, AND CARRIES CHALCOCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 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.

External references

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