Magna Charta Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Lead, Zinc, Beryllium
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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019580
MRDS ID DC10854
Record type Site
Current site name Magna Charta Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53283, 46.01073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 KM NE 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 01,12 NE OF NE (12) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1400 FT E OF THE ALICE MINE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Helvite Gangue
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) -112.53283, 46.01073

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
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Art Barsanti
    Home office 5 Sunview Terrace, Walkerville, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 246, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1925, 1933-34, 1937-39, 1951, 1952, 1955

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 7148, P. 149.

  • Deposit

    AIMMET V16, P.

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS; MBMG BULL 10;

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RAINBOW LODE IS WORKED, 5 VEINS, W OF THE SHAFT THESE VEINS HAVE AN E-W COURSE, E OF THE SHAFT THEY TURN N. THE MINERAL CONTENT IS A TYPICAL AG VEIN. THE HAVE BEEN OXIDIZED FOR 100 FT FROM THE SURFACE.

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.