 | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................ |  | | 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 sulfides and sulfosalts like...rank among the finest 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...crystal 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: |  | | Report (issue) | | (Primitive Area and Adjacent Roadless Areas), Silver Bow County, Montana By Harry W. Smedes, and William F. Hanna...the Humbug Spires Instant Study Area, Silver Bow County, Montana. Contents Page Geology and geochemical...Bureau of Mines.............................. 16 Mining history.......................................... 15-20 miles (25-30 km) south-southwest of Butte, Montana (fig. 1). A mineral resource survey was made...made of stream-sediment and rock samples. No mining districts are located within the Instant Study |  | | Report (volume) | | the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1766 Mineral...the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana By R. C. PEARSON, B. R. BERGER, H. E. KAUFMANN...the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1766) Bibliography:...resources-Montana-Pioneer Mountains. 2. Oredeposits-Montana-Pioneer Mountains. 3. Geology-Montana-Pioneer...Geochemistry 12 Mineral resources 19 Setting 19 Mining districts in the eastern Pioneer Mountains 19 Resource |  | | Report (volume) | | BUIJLETIN 528 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS 1 OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and animal life....................----.-----.....Mining........................................................................................... Lead-silver deposits................................................................ 74 Mineralogy of Lemhi County ores....................................... 74...... Future of mining in Lemhi County.......................................... Mining districts of Lemhi |  | | Report (issue) | | 74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·......... |  | | Report (issue) | | Mountains I I Jefferson and Broadwater Counties, Montana GEOLOGICAt ' SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared partly...Mountains Jefferson. and Broadwater CountieS, Montana By HARRY w. SMEDES GEOLOGICAL URVEY PROFESSIONAL...-_-- __ Casey Peak mass ______________________ _ Moose Creek mass _____________________ _ South Fork mass...______ _ Petrography and chemical composition ___ _ Butte Quartz ~onzonite ____________________ _ Petrography...of the Antelope Creek stock __ Metamorphism by Butte Quartz Monzonite_ Metamorphism by alaskite and related |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine... in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver starting in 1873. For...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA e-mail: pbartos@mines.edu D. Misantoni Colorado Calumet | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine... in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver starting in 1873. For...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA e-mail: pbartos@mines.edu D. Misantoni Colorado Calumet |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................258 Montana ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | Resources of the Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area, Montana A cooperative study by the U.S. Geological Survey...Pyritiferous veins Silver-lead-zinc replacement deposit':?.. Elkhorn-Tizer Basin zone Elkhorn district -»_»_.,H"1...and zinc in brecciated Lowland Creek Volcanics Silver, lead, and zinc in rhyolite Placer gold deposits...Ridge prospect Breccia pipe deposits Skyline Mine Blackjack Mine Chicago and Last Hope Mines Group I - Precious-...geology Important occurrences Mining districts (lodes) Beaver Creek district C O O /-\ t£ +L fU -t-L Y-* |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Report (issue) | | By WALTER HARVEY WEED. INTRODUCTION. Copper mining in the United States has had a marvelously rapid...greatest individual increase that of the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz. The following table shows the production...550,000 700, 000 10,000 814,035,719 "Salt Lake Mining Review, Annual Review number, January, 1906. The...Stevens, Horace J., Mining World, Jan. 27, 1905; and information furnished the writer by mine owners and managers...copper mines of the United States yield gold and silver as by-products and many gold mines yield small |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 955-E FLUORSPAR PROSPECTS OP MONTANA BY CLYDE P. ROSS Contributions to economic geology...near Anaconda, Deer Lodge County-_______________ Silver Bow prospect, Silver Bow County__________________________...ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 18. A, General view of East Butte from the south; B, View down Sage Creek from the..._______ 28. Geologic and topographic map of the Silver Bow fluorspar 209 prospect--...---------------...--- In pocket FIGURE 6. Index map of part of Montana, showing the mapped fluorsparbearing areas and |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Report (issue) | | on sulfide and nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion of ore... local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and references are given in table...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS... These deposits are primarily worked for gold. Silver is a minor byproduct; about 14 percent of the deposits...deposits described here have reported silver grades. Sulfides commonly make up less than 5 percent of |  | | Report (issue) | | Y A N D O R E DEPOSITS OF THE ALMA DISTRICT PARK COUNTY, COLORADO BY HORACE B. PATTON ARTHUR J...Lincoln as seen from the Hoosier Pass road. The valley on the mountain is Lincoln Amphitheater, with a...Extent of the District 15 Description of the Maps 17 Degree of Accuracy 19 Description of Mining Claim M a...O n Pennsylvania Mountain Pennsylvania Tunnel Butte Mine and the Maumee Tunnel O n London Mountain Northwest...Rock Streams 141 Geologic Sections 142 The Platte Valley 142 Above Montgomery 142 Below Montgomery 143 Geologic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at Hotazel and N'Chwaning, South Africa; at Butte, Montana; at Mont St. Hilaire, Ouebec; at several localities...Rhodochrosite occurs in significant amounts in many mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt, a large...southwestem comer of Colorado. Most of the metal mining in Colorado has been within this belt since the...Sweet Home mine, the 1 1. Urad mine, Clear Creek County 1. Sweet Home mine, Park County Climax mine, the Eagle...Eagle 12. Moose mine, Gilpin County 2. Sunnyside mine, San Juan County mine in Gilman, and var13. Julia |  | | Report (issue) | | Cheyenne John E. Trummel, Gille�e Wallace L. Ulrich, Moose STAFF Computer Services Unit Jesse T. Bowen - Manager...courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California. INTRODUCTION Welcome...the author’s 1981 discovery of an entire gold district west of Casper in the Ra�lesnake Hills area (Hausel...discovery, some major mining companies and private consultants explored the district and located several...(WSGS) during mapping projects in the historic mining districts at South Pass (Hausel, 1991), Seminoe |  | | Report (volume) | | of the Lemhi Pass Area Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Montana By WILLIAM N. SHARP and WAYNE...the Lemhi Pass area, Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Montana, by William N. Sharp and Wayne... 59-60. 1. Geology-Idaho-Lemhi Co. 2. Geology-Montana-Beaverhead Co. 3. Thorium. I. Cavender, Wayne Sherrill...__________________________________________ _ Rocks of the district ______________________________________________...__________________________________________ - __ _ Bull Moose claim _________________________________________ |
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