The Original Mine is a copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Original Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Original Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Copper Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST WEST OF MAIN STREET, BUTTE, BETWEEN PARROT AND GAGNON.
Comment (Production): AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): THE RIALTO, STEWARD, AND PARROTT VEINS ARE FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL MINE. THE PARROTT VEIN IS A VERY SMALL PART OF ORE SUPPLY. THE RIALTO VEIN IS 100 FT N OF PARROTT AND RUNS PARRALEL TO IT. IT IS 15-20 FT THICK ON THE 1200 FT LEVEL. IT HAS FLORITE ON FOOT WALL SIDE. THE STEWARD VEIN IS A FAULT VEIN CUTTING OFF OLDER VEINS AND CARRYING DRAG ORE FROM THEM. PYRITE VEIN IS NW FAULT WHICH HAS BEEN DRIFTED ON 300, 400, AND 500 FT LEVELS. THE ZINC VEIN N 70 E STRIKE AND 75-80 DIP IS DEVELOPED BY DRIFTS AND STOPES ON 700 AND 800 FT LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P. 133-34., PL. X.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 94-96
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.
