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Black Rock Mine

Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019548
MRDS ID DC10800
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52089, 46.04046 (WGS84)
Relative position SW SE

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 007W 06 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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) -112.52089, 46.04046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LARGE SPHALERITE BODIES SEVERAL 100 FT BELOW SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PAID $20,000,000 IN DIVIDENDS IN 1930

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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