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Molybdenite from
Continental Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Azuriteⓘ3 photos of Molybdenite associated with Azurite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Continental Pit, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:359024
Long-form Identifier:1:3:359024:9
GUID (UUID V4):71c39f8c-ef9e-4e45-b45a-24160c262e96
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘSarsfield Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘAltona Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘIda Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘAnaconda Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘNeversweat Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘKelley Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘBadger Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) ⓘMountain Consolidated Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘSteward Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...of 130 mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulïŹdes and sulfosalts like...rank among the ïŹnest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record
Journal (issue)
BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 ‱ Number...cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Structural Geologic Evolution of the Butte District, Montana Robert A. Houston†,* and John H. Dilles...Bldg., Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Abstract The Butte district contains two porphyry Cu-Mo deposits and the...and folding in southwest Montana. New geologic mapping of the Butte district reveals three distinct episodes...that are limited to the northwest part of the district and synchronous with the eruption of the Lowland...(15°) ESE tilting in the hanging walls of the Continental, East Ridge, and Rocker normal faults. Stratigraphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Flooded Underground Mine Workings of Butte, Montana CHRISTOPHER H. GAMMONS,1,† DEAN M. SNYDER,1...Engineering, Montana Tech of The University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, Montana 59701 2 Department...Applications, 200 Technology Way, Butte, Montana 59701 Abstract Over a century of mining and smelting of the world-class...world-class porphyry lode ore deposit at Butte, Montana, has resulted in extensive environmental damage...of the world’s largest and most acidic mining pit lakes, Butte is host to over 16,000 km of flooded underground
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Boulder Batholith Region, Montana KAREN LUND,† U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop...Denver, CO 80225 GREGORY D. ZEIHEN, Montana Resources, Butte, Montana 59701 WENDY C. HODGES, U.S. Geological...batholith, Montana, hosts a variety of mineral deposit types, including important silver-rich polymetallic...the northern part of the batholith and the giant Butte porphyry copper-molybdenum pre-Main Stage system...deposits and magma for quartz porphyry dikes at Butte have all been considered to be late-stage differentiates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Accepted Manuscript Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic... M.J. Kunk, Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...journal pertain. Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926-A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 rmcaleer@usgs.gov c U.S...for world-class deposits of the Butte mining district, Montana, USA, is deep pre-Main Stage porphyry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Main Stage base-metal mineral deposits, Butte district, Montana C.W. Fielda,*, L. Zhanga, J.H. Dillesa...Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA U.S. Geological Survey, MS-963, Denver Federal Center...CO 80225, USA c Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA Accepted...throughgoing, Main Stage polymetallic veins of Butte. Among the sulfur-bearing minerals recovered from...assemblage are anhydrite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and molybdenite in veinlets bordered by K-silicate alteration
Report (issue)
Land Stewardship—Headwaters Province, Idaho and Montana Circular 1305 U.S. Department of the Interior...Land Stewardship—Headwaters Province, Idaho and Montana By U.S. Geological Survey Headwaters Province...land stewardship—Headwaters province, Idaho and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1305, 92 p. Cover.... Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Idaho-Montana Porphyry Belt, by Cliff D. Taylor, Jeffrey A. Winick...Mineralization in the Boulder Batholith Region, Montana, by Karen Lund, John N. Aleinikoff, Michael J.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposit at Butte, Montana BRIAN G. RUSK†,* MARK H. REED, Department of...97331 Abstract The porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in Butte, Montana, formed where magmatic hydrothermal fluids...porphyrytic dikes, fractured and permeated the Butte Quartz Monzonite. These fluids formed a stockwork...offset along the Continental fault provide a vertical view of almost 3 km through the Butte deposit. Deep...kilometer above the bulk of deep quartz and quartz-molybdenite veins, the highest Cu grades are in and around
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal veins from the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit at Butte, Montana, contain multiple generations of quartz that...mineralization pulse determined from isotopic studies at Butte, Montana. Simple heat conduction models provide a temporal...relatively short time scales to indicate that the Butte porphyry deposit formed by short-lived episodes...formation from the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit at Butte, Montana (Fig. 1). Several studies have provided absolute...injections and mineralization at Butte. The deposit is hosted by the 77 to 75 Ma Butte Granite (Lund et al., 2002;
Report (Issue volume)
of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey. Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. V Nebraska:.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‱ ‱ 291 Montana, by Rodney J. Minarik and R. B. McCulloch . . ...this report. Name State____________ SECTION 2. County _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Stocks. production, end
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pulses: Mineralogic Insights from the Deposit at Butte, Montana Celestine N. Mercer†,* and Mark H. Reed Department...thermal profile of the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in Butte, Montana, by determining formation temperatures for...samples from the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit at Butte, Montana, to help define the space-time evolution of...Patterns of alteration and ore mineralization at Butte have been well documented (e.g., Meyer et al., 1968;...2008b; Reed et al., 2013). In the core of the district, early alteration includes characteristic biotite
Report (issue)
Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium............................................. 148 Silver .................................................Domestically Domestic Mineral Raw Materials From Mining Aluminum, Brick, Cement, Copper, Fertilizers,...Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic Mining and Processing Industries,” was issued to address
Report (issue)
Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium............................................. 148 Silver .................................................Domestically Domestic Mineral Raw Materials From Mining Aluminum, Brick, Cement, Copper, Fertilizers,...Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic Mining and Processing Industries,” was issued to address
Report (issue)
Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium...at Albemarle Corp.’s lithium production site in Silver Peak, Nevada. Lithium compounds are used to manufacture...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium............................................. 148 Silver .................................................STONE, ETC. DOMESTIC MINERAL RAW MATERIALS FROM MINING Exports: $8.9 billion Imports: $6.1 billion Net
Report (issue)
Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Sodium Sulfate Stone Strontium Sulfur..............................................148 Silver..................................................4 billion DOMESTIC MINERAL RAW MATERIALS FROM MINING MINERAL MATERIALS PROCESSED DOMESTICALLY COPPER...CONCENTRATES 65 PEAT 56 SILICON 56 ZINC 56 BERYLLIUM 55 SILVER 54 NICKEL 49 MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS 48 COPPER 43 ALUMINUM...domestic product (GDP) at several levels—basic (mining), intermediate (processing), and manufacturing
Report (issue)
Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Sodium Sulfate Stone Strontium Sulfur...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Sodium Sulfate Stone Strontium Sulfur..............................................148 Silver..................................................4 billion DOMESTIC MINERAL RAW MATERIALS FROM MINING MINERAL MATERIALS PROCESSED DOMESTICALLY COPPER...CONCENTRATES 70 TUNGSTEN 69 ZINC 57 GARNET (industrial) 56 SILVER 56 PEAT 55 SILICON 54 MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS 51 NICKEL
 
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