Nettie Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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. 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 10019474
MRDS ID DC10593
Record type Site
Current site name Nettie Mine
Alternate or previous names Nettie-Hibernia, Nettie-Hubernic

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57867, 46.01518 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 KM SW 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 15 S2 OF N2 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Ore
Lead Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57867, 46.01518

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • 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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lloyd Brynie
    Home office 2222 Walnut St., Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 14, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 37, 251-53

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 690, P. 111-130.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1917, 1953-56.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOTS ON THE NETTIE VEIN ARE ON THE 200 AND 300FT LEVEL. THE VEINS ARE CUT OFF TO THE W BY A RHYOLITE DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.