Amazon District

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000330
MRDS ID D009537
Record type District
Current site name Amazon District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12868, 46.3027 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position DISTRICT IS BORDERED ON THE E BY THE BUTTE HELENA HIGHWAY, ON THE W BY THE RIDGE BETWEEN HIGH ORE AND AMAZON CREEK DRAINAGE, N BORDER IS AN ARBITRARY E-W LINE BETWEEN PORTAL AND AMAZON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION
  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12868, 46.3027

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description BISMARK-VAN ARMIN SHEAR ZONE, COMET-GRAY EAGLE SHEAR ZONE
Type of structure Regional
Structure description BOULDER BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name AMAZON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 19, 20.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 83, 89-91, 94, 95, PL. 1.

Beyond USGS

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