Waldy Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094764
MRDS ID DB02227
Record type Site
Current site name Waldy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2181, 46.30796 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.8 KM E OF COMET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 005W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 400 FT N OF RED WING MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

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) Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 68 N
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CAVED CROSSCUTS, 300 FT. APART. WESTERN CROSSCUT PROBABLY 185 FT. LONG AND 75 FT. BELOW OUTCROP; NEAR OUTCROP A STOPE TO SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ON W CROSSCUT IS QUARTZ, PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, LIMONITE AND LEAD CARBONATES. VEIN MATERIAL OF E CROSSCUT IS PRIMARLY CARBONATE MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-81 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.