Hope and Bullion Mine.

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Manganese, Copper, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019374
MRDS ID DC09879
Record type Site
Current site name Hope and Bullion Mine.
Alternate or previous names Bullion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15921, 46.30823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.7 KM SE OF COMET., 0.2 Km Radius., 0.2 Km Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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 006N;007N 004W;004N 06;31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE HEAD OF BOOMERANG CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result $14-20 IN AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite; Boulder Batholith (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite; Boulder Batholith (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) -112.15921, 46.30823

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Comet-Gray Eagle Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Romerio Co.
    Home office Boulder Mt. 59632
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. A. K. Romerio
    Home office 19320 Hinsdale, Torrance Ca. 90503

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF AU, AG, PB, ZN, AND CU PRODUCED PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1962, 1963, 1966.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS AND A 100 FT ADIT. (CAVED). IN 1949 ANOTHER ADIT WAS BEING ADDED AND SOME BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 40.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 31; MBMG BULL 115, P. 6. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE IS 50 FT WIDE THAT CAN BE TRACED 25000 FT. IT STRIKES N80W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 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.