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Butte-Elk Park Extension Mine

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Arsenic
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019688
MRDS ID DC11152
Record type Site
Current site name Butte-Elk Park Extension Mine
Alternate or previous names Elk Park

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.37588, 46.18323 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.1 KM NW OF ELK PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheepshead Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 006W 17,18,19,20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. ON BUILDINGS ON SEC. 17 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BISMUTHINITE IS A SERIOUS SMELTER PENALTY FOR CU & PB.

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) -112.37588, 46.18323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 85SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elk Park District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ardsley Butte Mine Corp.
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 411.48M
    Overall depth 76.2M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 19 PATENTED CLAIMS ALL INACCESIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 70, 71, 112.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 112

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FILLINGS IN AN ORE ZONE MADE UP OF 2-3IN QUARTZ-FILLED VEINLETS SEPARATED BY STRINGERS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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