| Deposit ID | 10101896 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011295 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | J.I.C. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.51617, 46.00823 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.8 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 | 007 | 18 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.51617, 46.00823 |
|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 S |
| Width | 2.13M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011295 |
USGS PP 74, P. 189-192
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE GLENGARY VEIN IS FOUND IN THE JIC MINE. ALONG THE FOOTWALL IS A THIN BAND OF PYRITIC ORES LESS THAN A FOOT THICK, SEPARATED BY 8 FEET OF SOFTENED SERICITIZED GRANITE FROM A HANGING-WALL STREAK OF PYRITE, CARRYING ENARGITE AND CHALCOCITE, CROSS FRACTURES MAKING "SPUR VEINS" CAN BE SEEN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1984 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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