Amy Silversmith Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019578
MRDS ID DC10852
Record type Site
Current site name Amy Silversmith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54811, 46.02907 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position W OF THE MOULTON LODE.

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 12 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE GENERAL FOR A QUARTER SECTION.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -112.54811, 46.02907

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

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 production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1922, 1930, 1937-1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 247, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    WAYLAND, UNPUB. USGS REPORT, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK, 1922, 1930, 1937-1939

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, THE N AND S VEINS HAVE BEEN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE. THE N VEIN DIPS 80N BECOMING VERTICAL IN DEPTH AND THEN DIPS S. IT IS 1-3 FT IN WIDTH AND CARRIES PERSISTENT LOW GRADE ORE. THE MIDDLE AND S VEIN ARE NOT WELL DEFINED. THE S VEIN HAS SHOWN EXTREMELY RICH ORE IN POCKETS AND BUNCHES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 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.