Crystal Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148799
MRDS ID M060812
MAS/MILS ID 0300430003
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.26198, 46.3502 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 005 W 20 NWW2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.26198, 46.3502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-91.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95, 1975, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 1960, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 20, 1940, P. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO MILL TAILINGS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. ONE DISCHARGING ADIT WAS IDENTIFIED. THE PH MEASUREMENT IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE WAS 3.41. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR ARSENIC, CADMIUM, AND COPPER WERE EXCEEDED IN THE DISCHARGE. WASTE ROCK WAS OBSERVED DIRECTLY IN THE UNCLE SAM GULCH DRAINAGE. OBSERVED RELEASES TO UNCLE SAME GULCH WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC, CADMIUM, COPPER, IRON, LEAD, AND ZINC. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED FOR ARSENIC, CADMIUM, AND COPPER IN THE DOWNSTREAM SAMPLE; THESE EXCEEDANCES WERE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SITE. THE U.S. DEPARMENT OF ENERGY WAS CONDUCTING A RESEARCH PROJECT AT THIS SITE AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION. SETTLING PONDS WERE BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE. TWO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OPEN ADITS AND A HAZARDOUS LOADOUT STRUCTURE WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references