Copper King Prospect

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Silica, Copper, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101937
MRDS ID DB02175
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21477, 46.28684 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF BASIN IN HIAWATHA GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 005W 10 N2 OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Silica Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $.15 PER UNIT BONUS FOR SILICA CONTENT OVER 75% ON ORE, USED FOR CONVERTER LINING AT COPPER SMELTER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORTS
Result 24 OZ/TON AG, $1.60/TON AU, 94% SILICA (SORTED ORE)

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) -112.21477, 46.28684

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 47.24M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.