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Parrott Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101737
MRDS ID D008082
Record type Site
Current site name Parrott Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52978, 46.01684 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 KM E OF MAIN ST. BUTTE.

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 13 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF BERKLEY PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Enargite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -112.52978, 46.01684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 75-85 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PRINCIPAL FAULTS STRIKE NW, SILVER RATIO INCREASE WEST WARD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1884

Mining district

District name Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Anaconda Copper Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS, 12 LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 126-128, 129, 130-132. , PL. X.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 94-96

  • Production

    USGS PP 74, P. 23.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BORNITE DECREASE WITH DEPTH, AT 1000 FT THE ORE IS RELATIVELY LEAN. THE VEIN IS CUT BY CROSS FRACTURES WHICH DESTROY THE CONTINUITY OF THE ORE SHOOTS. 2 MAIN VEINS. SILVER RATIO INCREASES WESTWARD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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