The Butterfly is a gold and copper mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 46.67194, -112.53444
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Butterfly MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butterfly
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Ophir District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Form: VEINLETS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS, SHORT ADIT, A SHAFT
Comment (Geology): OUTCROPS OF GRANODIORITE NEAR WORKINGS BUT NO TACTITE WAS FOUND
Comment (Location): 1.2 KM SE OF THE GHOST TOWN OF BLACKFOOT CITY
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL 0.25 IN QUARTZ VEINLETS
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 27
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.
