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Springfield Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014478
MRDS ID D011273
Record type Site
Current site name Springfield Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55783, 46.04573 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.0 KM N OF BIG BUTTE.

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 008W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N OF WALBASH MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    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

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 80S
    Width 0.91M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE VEIN DESCRIBED ABOVE CARRIES SMALL POCKETS AND STREAKS OF ORE. THE VEIN MATTER IS EVERY WHERE SHATTERED AND SEPARATED FROM THE HANGING WALL BY A PERSIDENT CLAY SEAM AN INCH OR TWO THICK. A SECOND VEIN PARALLEL TO THE FIRST AND 100 FT N. THIS VEIN IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF QUARTZ AND PYRITE, IS WELL BANDED, AND SHOWS INCLUDED LENSES OF GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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