| Deposit ID | 10197488 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Amy |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.53979, 46.0324 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1926 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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 | 003 N | 008 W | 12 | NWNENW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Unknown |
| Rhodochrosite | Unknown |
| Rhodonite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -112.53979, 46.0324 |
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| Strike | E00W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 90S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 488M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 0.28HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930009 |
ANON NO DATE AMY UNPUB USBM MANUSCRIPT
WEED 1912 GEOL ORE DEPS BUTTE DIST,USGS PROF PAPER 74 P.243
BLAKE 1888 RAINBOW LODE, AIME TRANS V16 P65-80
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE AMY IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS. A COMPLETE EVALUATION OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQ. NO. 0300930009. THE TONNAGE PRESENT IN THE AMY IS NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT ASSAY DATA ON PRIMARY COPRODUCTS (MN FE ZN FURTHER WORK IS ADVISED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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