Anselmo Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Arsenic
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 10019582
MRDS ID DC10858
Record type Site
Current site name Anselmo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54811, 46.01657 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.0 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 13 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S OF THE MOUNT MORIAH MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Rhodonite 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, 46.01657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

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 Owner-Operator
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 249-50, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1922-1927, 1934,1937, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1963-65

  • Deposit

    AIMMPE PART 10, CHAP. 65, D. 1406.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 49, P. 35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 SMALL VEINS. N-S TRENDING DIKES WHICH CUT E-W 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.

External references