| Deposit ID | 10101895 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011292 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Anaconda, St. Lawerence, Neversweat |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.5245, 46.01657 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.5 KM SW OF MEADERVILLE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003N | 007W | 18 | NW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ANACONDA VEIN IN THE ST. LAWRENCE MINE: 2.5% CU, 3.5 OZ/TON AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith) |
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | Granitic rock |
|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEPLY NORTH |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | Hennessy Building, Butte, Mt. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 731.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011292 |
USGS PP 74, P. 81, 114, 115, 119, 138, PL. X.
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK, 1905, 1910, 1912, 1917, 1924, 1925
AIME & PE PART 10, CHAPTER 65, P. 1387-1390.
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 4 VEINS ARE WORKED, THE ANACONDA IS THE LARGEST, NEXT IS THE MOONLIGHT, PENNSYLVANIA, AND O'NEILL VEINS. THEY ARE CUT BY THE RARUS FAULT. THE VEINS OVERTURN AT DEPTH THAT BELOW THE 2800 LEVEL THE DIP SOUTH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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