| | Journal (issue) | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...painted to illustrate “The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper...volume 33, January–February, 2002 Contents Butte, Montana: Minerals, Mines and History By Robert E. Jenkins...Jenkins & Jerry A. Lorengo Ed McDole: “Montana Mineral King” By Richard A. Bideaux What’s new in minerals: | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines, and History Robert E. Jenkins 6 Columbus Circle Newark, Delaware 19702...recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite...rank among the finest in the world. The best of Butte pyrite compares with the best anywhere. Handsome...Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species have been found, many...(center-background), Steward (left-background) and Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...Plata meaning “gold and silver,” and the state seal with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim...Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production of copper, coal, gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Isotopes of the Flooded Underground Mine Workings of Butte, Montana CHRISTOPHER H. GAMMONS,1,† DEAN M....Engineering, Montana Tech of The University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, Montana 59701 2 Department...Applications, 200 Technology Way, Butte, Montana 59701 Abstract Over a century of mining and smelting of the world-class...world-class porphyry lode ore deposit at Butte, Montana, has resulted in extensive environmental damage...most acidic mining pit lakes, Butte is host to over 16,000 km of flooded underground mine workings. Of | | | Report (issue) | 74 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT, MONTANA BY \¥ALTER I-IAllVEY vVEED WASHINGTON......................... ~ . . . . Epoch of gold mining ................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch o'f silver mining ........· ......... ·................................. ~.............. Development of copper mining. ~ ..· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... Future of the district .................................. ·......... | | Lund, Karen, McAleer, Ryan J., Aleinikoff, John N., Cosca, Michael A., Kunk, Michael J. (2018) Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic lodes overprinted by younger stockwork Cu-Mo ores and penecontemporaneous Cu lodes. Ore Geology Reviews, 102. 666-700 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.05.018 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Accepted Manuscript Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic... M.J. Kunk, Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...journal pertain. Two-event lode-ore deposition at Butte, USA: 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb documentation of Ag-Au-polymetallic...U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926-A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 rmcaleer@usgs.gov c U.S...for world-class deposits of the Butte mining district, Montana, USA, is deep pre-Main Stage porphyry | | | Report (issue) | Virginia-503 National Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105...in the Bingham District, Utah By EDWIN W. TOOKER Gold in the Butte District, Montana By EDWIN W. TOOKER...TOOKER Gold in the Ely (Robinson) Copper District, White Pine County, Nevada By LAURENCE P.JAMES The Tomboy-Minnie...Tomboy-Minnie Gold Deposits at Copper Canyon, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, STEPHEN S. HOWE, and...in the Bingham District, Utah / by Edwin W. looker Gold in the Butte District, Montana / by Edwin W. looker | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Structural Geologic Evolution of the Butte District, Montana Robert A. Houston†,* and John H. Dilles...Bldg., Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Abstract The Butte district contains two porphyry Cu-Mo deposits and the...and folding in southwest Montana. New geologic mapping of the Butte district reveals three distinct episodes...that are limited to the northwest part of the district and synchronous with the eruption of the Lowland...fluid inclusion data indicate that exposures of the Butte Granite, which hosts mineralization, crystallized | | Lund, K., Aleinikoff, J. N., Kunk, M. J., Unruh, D. M., Zeihen, G. D., Hodges, W. C., du Bray, E. A., O'Neill, J. M. (2002) SHRIMP U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar Age Constraints for Relating Plutonism and Mineralization in the Boulder Batholith Region, Montana. Economic Geology, 97 (2) 241-267 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.97.2.241 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralization in the Boulder Batholith Region, Montana KAREN LUND,† U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop...Denver, CO 80225 GREGORY D. ZEIHEN, Montana Resources, Butte, Montana 59701 WENDY C. HODGES, U.S. Geological...batholith, Montana, hosts a variety of mineral deposit types, including important silver-rich polymetallic...the northern part of the batholith and the giant Butte porphyry copper-molybdenum pre-Main Stage system...deposits and magma for quartz porphyry dikes at Butte have all been considered to be late-stage differentiates | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | SECONDARY AND SULPHIDE CHALCOCITE BUTTE, AusT• ENRICHMENT FORMATION • AT MONTANA. F. Ro•E•s. Though...suggests deep-seatedmetasomaticdevelopmentof chalcocite,but for the sakeof argument the term as given...27-I??. ?EcoN. G•OL.,.Vol. 5, PP. 205-220, 191o. 8 Mining and Scientific Press, Vol. Io6, pp. 38, 14L I78...a recentstudy of a disseminatedcopperore from a mine in PlumasCounty,California,the nameand locationof...cameto the conclusion that one of the ore-minerals,chalcocite,which appearsas rims around the bornite, was | | | Report (volume) | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Multiple-Stage PorphyryCopperMineralizationat Butte, Montana: Vein Formationby HypogeneLeaching and Enrichment...mineralizationduring the growth of the large vein systemsat Butte, Montana. Applicationof the principlesof irreversiblethermodynamics...which precipitates in vein structures. Finally chalcocite,digenite, corellite, and enargite form in narrow... TR.4NSFER MECH.4NISMS, COPPER MINER.4LIZ.4TION, BUTTE, MONT.4N.4 557 suiting in a net copperaddition...bornite was reached,and ultimately high-grade chalcocite, covellite,enargite assemblages formed during | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | distomglanz, binnite (described by Des Cloizeaux as silver-rich), kupferblende (zinc-rich), miedziankite (zinc-rich)...Myrmekitic intergrowths with galena, stromeyerite, chalcocite, and pyrargyrite have been observed in polished...tennantite crystals from the Champion lode, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...tennantite crystals with quartz from the El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico. Cal and...tennantite specimen from the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain Pass, Ouray County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mountain, Trinity County, Calif."—on label. Island Mountain, in the S / W corner of Trinity County, is in N ...have the crystal shapes in cavities. Calcite, chalcocite, malachite, azurite, bornite, and a few unknowns...Middletown and Meriden are in northern New Haven County in central Connecticut. ILLINOIS—From George A...area."— on label. Niota is in northern Hancock County of western Illinois. INDIANA—"I found a small new... Remington, Ind. Remington, in southern Jasper County, is in N / W Indiana. MASSACHUSETTS—"I am sending | | | Report (volume) | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish | | | Report (volume) | depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...enrichment_ Deep-seated metasornatic development of chalcocite and covelliteSources of the sulphur of secondary...Copper-bearing deposits________________________ 199 Butte, Montana__________________________ 199 Bingham,...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico | | | Book (volume) | conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: | | Field, C.W., Zhang, L., Dilles, J.H., Rye, R.O., Reed, M.H. (2005) Sulfur and oxygen isotopic record in sulfate and sulfide minerals of early, deep, pre-Main Stage porphyry Cu–Mo and late Main Stage base-metal mineral deposits, Butte district, Montana. Chemical Geology, 215 (1) 61-93 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.049 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Main Stage base-metal mineral deposits, Butte district, Montana C.W. Fielda,*, L. Zhanga, J.H. Dillesa...Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA U.S. Geological Survey, MS-963, Denver Federal Center...CO 80225, USA c Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA Accepted...throughgoing, Main Stage polymetallic veins of Butte. Among the sulfur-bearing minerals recovered from...conventionally bmagmaticQ value of about 1x or 2x for Butte sulfur. However, the high modal mineral ratios of | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................258 Montana ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... | | | Report (volume) | precipitation of the metalo........ Composition of mine waters............................................of sulphide enrichment Continued. Composition of mine waters Continued. Discussion of analyses Continued........................................ Gold and silver............................................ Changes...on depth..................... Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions....... Oxidation...relations and minerals of silver........................... Principal silver minerals................ | | | Book (volume) | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods | | | Book (volume) | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy | | | Book (volume) | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy | | | Book | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting |
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Steward Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA