| Deposit ID | 10101995 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC10855 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain Con Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.53367, 46.02323 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.0 KM W 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 | 008W | 12 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Covellite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.53367, 46.02323 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC10855 |
USGS PP 74, P. 167-69
MBMG BULL 33, P. 31
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1967, 1968.
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 MAIN VEINS CALLED N AND S LEDGES. THE TUNNEL LEVELAND THE 100, 200, 300, AND 400 FT LEVELS WERE DRIVEN ON LARGE ORE BODIES WHICH STRIKE E-W. BELOW THE 400 FT LEVEL THE ORE SEEMS TO PITCH SE. AT THE 900 FT LEVEL THE N AND S LEDGES COME TOGETHER. THE N LEDGE IS NEARLY VERTICAL FROM THE 130O TO THE 2000 FT LEVELS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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