Butterfly Quartz Lode

The Butterfly Quartz Lode is a gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 5,098 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Butterfly Quartz Lode

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Gould-Stemple 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mr. W. A. Hall

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Discovery Method: 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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith

Type: L
Description: Granite Peak Stock

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ASSAY REPORT; AU 0.19 OZ/TON, AG 3.2 OZ/TON PB 0.4%, CU 0.8%, ZN 0.4

Comment (Location): ON POORMANS CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Comment (Development): CLAIMANT HAD SUED FOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OCCURED DURING TIMBER CUTTING, OUTCOME OF SUIT IS UNKNOWN. CLAIMANT LATER FILED FOR QUIT CLAIM AND RECIEVED IT

Comment (Workings): THE TUNNEL WAS CAVED IN AND IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE LENGTH FAILED TO REACH HARD ROCK.

Comment (Deposit): DIORITE INTRUDES AS DIKES IN THE ARGILLITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1959 DIREXPL USF

Reference (Deposit): FS FILES

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.