Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Silver Bow | county |
Montana | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Butte North | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Butte North | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Butte | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
Upper Clark Fork | hydrologic unit |
Pend Oreille | hydrologic accounting unit |
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane | hydrologic subregion |
Pacific Northwest | hydrologic region |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Granitic rock | MT | Cretaceous |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
Butte '83 | M-D | Butte '83 11844 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of MT |
Boulder Batholith | M-Dz | Boulder Batholith 4972 line km with spacing 3.20 km over parts of MT |
Butte | M/R-D | Butte 4406 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of MT |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
NR10 | Porphyry Cu (North America) | Cretaceous - Eocene |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Great Falls | Intracratonic mobile belt | Northern Rocky Mountains |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
West Grey Rock Mine | Past Producer | AG CU ZN AS |
Corra Mine | Past Producer | CU AG ZN |
Diamond Mine | Past Producer | CU AG AU AS |
Alice Mine | Past Producer | AG AU ZN PB MN BE |
Lexington Mine | Past Producer | AG AU PB CU ZN MN BE |
Lexington | Past Producer | PB ZN AG |
Rainbow Project | Plant | AG ZN CU AU PB |
Butte District | Producer | AU CU AG MN ZN PB SE CD S TE CA BI |
Marget Ann Mine | Past Producer | AU AG CU PB ZN MN |
Niagra Mine | Past Producer | MN ZN PB AG BE F |
East Grey Rock Mine | Past Producer | CU AG ZN AS |
Amy | Past Producer | MN |
Moose Mine | Past Producer | AG CU PB ZN |
Valdemere Mine | Past Producer | AG AU MN PB ZN |
Black Rock Mine | Producer | AG ZN PB MN |
Snow Flake | Prospect | MN |
Butte District | Past Producer | AU |
Niagara Mine | Unknown | AG BE MN ZN |
Silver Smith | Unknown | MN |
Poser Mine | Occurrence | AU AG |
Green Mt | Prospect | CU |
Glengarry | Past Producer | AU CU AG |
Excelsior | Past Producer | AG AU |
Illinois | Past Producer | AG AU |
Butte placer | Past Producer | AU AG |
Maria | Prospect | MN |
Magna Charta | Prospect | MN |
Valdemere Mine | Occurrence | AU PB MN AG ZN |
Sun Dorg | Prospect | MN |
Deadwood Vein | Prospect | MN |
Bland | Unknown | MN |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
EFB201 | mine/quarry/prospect pit | dump or prospect pit |
EFB203 | mine/quarry/prospect pit | dump or prospect pit |
EFB204 | mine/quarry/prospect pit | dump or prospect pit |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Northern Rocky Mountains | porphyry copper | Part of a continental margin arc that formed along the western margin of North America |
Pacific Margin | porphyry copper | Cretaceous through middle Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks representing a series of continental- and island-arc systems accreted and superimposed onto the paleomargin of northeast Asia. |