Cotter Basin Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173215
MAS/MILS ID 0300490274
Record type Site
Current site name Cotter Basin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.69951, 47.0657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonewall Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015 N 009 W 11 NWNWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.69951, 47.0657

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 25S
    Depth to top 16M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N75W:25S
    Date of Last Modification 830301

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner K. And W Mines
    Year 1974
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gemco International, Inc.
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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.