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Butterfly Quartz Lode

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10094896
MRDS ID FS00291
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfly Quartz Lode
Related records 10270339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5809, 46.87934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.8 KM SW OF CRATER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swede Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 008W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON POORMANS CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY REPORT; AU 0.19 OZ/TON, AG 3.2 OZ/TON PB 0.4%, CU 0.8%, ZN 0.4

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith, Diorite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith, Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Belt Series, Argillites
    Rock description Belt Series, Argillites

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Peak Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Point

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer Edward Evans

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. W. A. Hall

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TUNNEL WAS CAVED IN AND IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE LENGTH FAILED TO REACH HARD ROCK.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMANT HAD SUED FOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OCCURED DURING TIMBER CUTTING, OUTCOME OF SUIT IS UNKNOWN. CLAIMANT LATER FILED FOR QUIT CLAIM AND RECIEVED IT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1959 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIORITE INTRUDES AS DIKES IN THE ARGILLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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