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Crystal Mine

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Quartz, Antimony, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078282
MRDS ID W026538
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mine
Alternate or previous names St. Lawrence, Sparkling Water, Jack Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26144, 46.3499 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 5 1/2 AIRLINE MILES NORTH OF BASIN MT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(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 007N 005W 19,20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THREE ADITS - LOCATION TAKEN ON ABANDONED BUILDINGS BETWEEN NORTHERN TWO ADITS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Quartz Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMPLEX ORE REQUIRES CONCENTRATION BY FLOAT TO YIELDMARKETABLE COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Quartz Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization & Kaolinization Of Qtz Mz.

Analytical data

Result FOOTWALL ORE 1.23OZ/TON AU, 12.8OZ/TON AG, 2.8% CU
Result ORE FROM THE CENTRAL AND HANGING WALL SHOOTS 0.09OZ/TON AU 19.97 OZ/TON AG, 10.9% PB, 11.3% ZN, 0.51% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite, Alaskite(Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite, Alaskite(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) -112.26144, 46.3499
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northwest Structural Trend

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR , LENSES
    Strike N75W
    Dip 70N
    Length 9655.8M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Footwall And Central Shoots Most Productive

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ZONE OF OXIDATION EXTENDS FROM SURFACE TO DEPTHS OF 25 TO 175 : ONE SHOOT MINED TO A DEPTH OF 400 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Same
  • Type Owner
    Owner Delbert And John Bullock

Comments on the production information

  • SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION SINCE 1968 1911, 1913, 1914 PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH COMET MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2438.4M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE OPENINGS ON THE CRYSTAL AND ADJACENT CLAIMS INCLUDE 2 SHAFTS AND ASSOCIATED LEVELS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE CLAIM; SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS ON THE JACK FRACTION BETWEEN THE ST. LAWRENCE AND CRYSTAL CLAIMS, AN UPPER ADIT, A LOWER ADIT AND APPENDED DRIFT, SEVERAL OLD SHAFTS ON THE CRYSTAL, AND AN ADIT ON THE SPARKLING WATER CLAIM AT THE EAST END OF THE MINERLIZED ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 28-9, 102, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 31, P. 38

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, P. 103-05

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 291-2

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 23

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 102.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY HAS PRODUCED FROM AN OPEN PIT OPERATION DURING 1975. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE REPORTED TO BE REOPENED DURING 1976 - 1977. VEIN BANDS AVERAGE 2-5 FT IN WIDTH. THE INTERVALS MAY RUN UP TO 10 FT, QUARTZ CORE IN PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Johns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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