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King Cole

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019616
MRDS ID DC10972
Record type Site
Current site name King Cole
Alternate or previous names Boulder-California

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1981, 46.29573 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.5 KM SW OF COMET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 005W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF HIGH ORE CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite 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) -112.1981, 46.29573
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Boulder-San Francisco Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS THROUGH A VERTICAL RANGE OF 150 FT. INACCESSIBLE IN 1950.

Comments on development

  • ONLY 5 YR OF PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 33, 103.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, PL. 1.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 103.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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