The Copper City Mine is a copper mine located in Broadwater county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Copper City Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper City Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Copper City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Locally, The Limestone Is Altered To Calc-Silicate.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Chalcocite
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE IS NEAR HEAD OF INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY RUNNING INTO AND NORTH OF MUD SPRING GULCH.
Comment (Deposit): THE SHEAR ZONE IN SEC 26 IS DESCRIBED ABOVE IN SEC 25 THE ZONE TRENDS N60W.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBINSON, G, 1963, GEOL. OF THE THREE FORKS QUAD, MONT., USGS PROF. PAP. 370 P. 122
Reference (Deposit): STOUT, KS, AND ACKERMAN, WC, 1959, MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 10, P. 7.
Reference (Deposit): REED, GC, 1951, MINES AND MINERALS, BROADWATER CO., MONT, USBM INF. CIRC. 7592, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-08-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1963 GEOLMAP ROBINSON, PROF. PAP. 37
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.
