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Scarfield Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101892
MRDS ID D011281
Record type Site
Current site name Scarfield Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48145, 46.00768 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.0 KM W OF COLUMBIA GARDENS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park Pass(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 007W 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE BERTHA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith-Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith-Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROCK IN THE MINE SHOWS A TRANSITION FROM GRANITE TO APLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED CU ORE 1952-1954

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 236, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1951-1954.

  • Production

    USGS PP 74; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN EXTENSION OF THE BERTHA FAULT, AND ANOTHER N-S FAULT VEIN. ALMOST A PORPHYRY WITH PYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE. THE MOLYBDENITE FORMS A 0.5 IN VEINLET OF QUARTZ MARKED WITH BANDS OF MOLYBDENITE ON BOTH SIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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