Travona Mine

Occurrence in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019639
MRDS ID DC11026
Record type Site
Current site name Travona Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54533, 46.00546 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.9 KM SSE 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 SE OF SW Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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) -112.54533, 46.00546

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    WAYLAND, UNPUB. USGS REPT., P. 29

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 98

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 690, P. 111- 130.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1951-53.

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

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