Copper City Mine

The Copper City Mine is a copper mine located in Broadwater county, Montana.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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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.