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Silver Lick

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019561
MRDS ID DC10827
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lick

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54533, 46.03601 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 KM NW OF THE ALICE MINE

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 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IT IS ON A HILL NORTH OF THE MOULTON MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.008% BEO, 15.31% MN AT E END OF THE VEIN
Result 0.001%, 8.89% MN, AT THE W END OF VEIN. IN 1905: 35 OZ/TON AG, $1.00 IN AU/TON

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) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W TO N 84 E
    Dip 70 N
    Length 640.08M
    Width 4.57M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKING ARE INACCESSIBLE. AN INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 249, PL. X

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 7148, P. 148.

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.

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