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Cyclone Mine

Past Producer in Powell 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015926
MRDS ID DB02219
Record type Site
Current site name Cyclone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49673, 46.69851 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 KM NNW OF ELLISTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 007W 20 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF OPHIR CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vermiculite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49673, 46.69851
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone Along Contact Between Limestone And Porphyritic Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clark J. Smith
    Home office Avon, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. G. Potratz
    Home office Avon, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPEN CUT, TWO INCLINED SHAFTS, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 27, 33, 62.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 33, P. 28.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 62.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLIGHT MALACHITE STAINING IS THE ONLY EVIDENCE LEFT OF MINERALIZATION. TACTITE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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