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Mapleton Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098059
MRDS ID DC10592
Record type Site
Current site name Mapleton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5845, 46.01601 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position N NW

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 008W 15 N2 OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description 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 > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5845, 46.01601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Butte District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Antonioli
    Home office 505 S. Clark St., Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF MN ORE WAS RECORDED IN 1954, 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    USGS, FILES

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1954, 1956

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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