The Calvert Red Buttons Mine is a tungsten mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,149 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,149 Feet (2,179 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.84833, -113.15139
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Calvert Red Buttons Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calvert Red Buttons Mine
Secondary: Calvert Tungsten Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Calvert Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1959
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1956-1957
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST 1/2 OF SE 1/4, SECTION 12
Comment (Workings): MILL SITE AT GLEN
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MR-25
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
