Black Butte Deposit

Past Producer in Crook county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279205
MAS/MILS ID 0560110206
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.26369, 44.30216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duling Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sundance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gillette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redwater(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills 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 Wyoming Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 050 N 062 W 23 S2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.26369, 44.30216

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASSAY: AU .002OZ/TON;AG 2.0 OZ/TON

  • Deposit

    ASSAY BY WT%: PB 13.9; CU .02; INSOL 33.2; FE 6.5; MN .3;

  • Deposit

    ASSAY BY WT%: S 4.0;ZN 5.7; AS .05; SB .05; C20 9.5

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION AT CONTACT OF LIMESTONE & INTR ANDESITE PORPH

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL #50 PAGE 126

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references