| Deposit ID | 10071390 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014739 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Marysville District |
| Alternate or previous names | Ottawa, Bald Butte Districts |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.33422, 46.7499 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF HELENA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lewis and Clark(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Lewis and Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 011N;011N;012N;012N | 006W;005W;006W;005W | 01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11;06,07,18,19;13,14,15,16,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,33,34,35,36;19,30,31 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calamine | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Marysville Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Marysville Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Belt Series |
| Rock description | Belt Series |
| (1) | -112.33422, 46.7499 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Marysville Stock |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1864 |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| District name | Marysville District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 6000M |
| Overall width | 5000M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014739 |
USGS BULL 527, P. 61-68.
USGS BULL 842, P. 63-69.
USBM RI 6334, P. 20-1.
USGS PP 610, P. 156.
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS
MBMG MEM 26, P. 60.
USGS PP 610, P. 156; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS;
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE DEPOSITS ARE STEEPLY DIPPING AU AND AG VEINS AROUND THE BORDER OF THE QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK. SOME VEINS ARE IN THE MARGINAL PART OF THE DIORITE STOCK, BUT MOST ARE IN THE METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1976 | Rankin, David A.; Krohn, D. H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1982 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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