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Kelley Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070470
MRDS ID W013416
Record type Site
Current site name Kelley Mine
Related records 10124791

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52728, 46.02018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

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 007W 07,12 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Main Stage Alteration, E. D. M. Zone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52728, 46.02018
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Series Of Mainstage Veins Throughout The District

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co., Butte, Montana 59701

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1952 - 1962
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.99 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM KELLEY BLOCK CAVE PROJECT BEGUN APRIL 1952 DISCONTINUED DECEMBER 1962. COPPER FIGURES FROM TOTAL PRODUCTION BUTTE DISTRICT.

Comments on development

  • THE KELLEY SHAFTS WERE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE GREATER BUTTE PROJECT, A MAJOR BLOCKCAVING OPERATION INITIALLY THEY WENT TO THE 3000 FT. LEVEL OF THE STEWARD MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, R. N., ED., 1973, GUIDEBOOK FOR THE BUTTE FIELD MEETING PRESENTED BY THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST

  • Production

    MILLER, R. N., ED., 1973, GUIDEBOOK FOR BUTTE FIELD MEETING

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DURING THE PERIOD 1966 - 1968 THE KELLEY SHAFTS (NO. 1 & NO. 2) WERE DEEPENED TO CONNECT WITH LOWER LEVELS OF THE MOUNTAIN CON & STEWARD MINES ESTABLISHING IT AS A CENTRAL PRODUCTION COMPLEX. ALSO AT THIS TIME THE CENTRAL PUMPING SYSTEM WAS MOVED TO THE KELLEY COMPLEX. THE WATERS ARE PRIMARILY DISTRIBUTED TO THE LEACH DUMPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey

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