Big Chief Mine Golconda

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015879
MRDS ID DB02153
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief Mine Golconda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0081, 46.36379 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position .5 MI. S OF SILVER TIP MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 003W 17 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 3.2KM SE OF JEFFERSON CITY

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 0.054OZ/TON AU
Result 0.46OZ/TON AG
Result 0.9%/TON PB
Result 1.9%/TONZN

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) -112.0081, 46.36379

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 E
    Dip STEEP TO VERTICAL
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 40 Ft. Wide Broken And Altered Gouge Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HIGH IN ZN, SPHALERITE IS BLACK JACK VARIETY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Alahambra (Golconda) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dan Pyfer
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • 8 PRODUCING YEARS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 50-100FT DEEP ON VEIN, AN ADIT DRIFT ABOUT 750FT LONG ARE NOW ALL INACCESSIBLE. 1948 A 100FT ADIT WAS ADDED NEAR CR LEVEL BELOW OLD MAIN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 65-6, 113.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 241.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 25.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 113.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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