 | | 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 (issue) | | BUTTE, MONTANA Butte, Montana Minerals, Mines and History The Mineralogical Record Volume 33 • Number...cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection; Jeff Scovil...“The Story of Montana: The Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper Industry” by C...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...mineral species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite,...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...Kelley #2 (rightbackground) mines, Butte, ca. 1965. World Museum of Mining photo. 6 The Mineralogical Record |  | | 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...(15°) ESE tilting in the hanging walls of the Continental, East Ridge, and Rocker normal faults. Stratigraphic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Flooded Underground Mine Workings of Butte, Montana CHRISTOPHER H. GAMMONS,1,† DEAN M. SNYDER,1...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...of the world’s largest and most acidic mining pit lakes, Butte is host to over 16,000 km of flooded underground |  | 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...and the giant Butte porphyry copper-molybdenum pre-Main Stage system and crosscutting copper-rich Main Stage...deposits and magma for quartz porphyry dikes at Butte have all been considered to be late-stage differentiates |  | 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 volume) | | of nonfuel minerals and a chapter on trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey. Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. V Nebraska:.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • 291 Montana, by Rodney J. Minarik and R. B. McCulloch . . ...this report. Name State____________ SECTION 2. County _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Stocks. production, end |  | | Report (issue) | | Land Stewardship—Headwaters Province, Idaho and Montana Circular 1305 U.S. Department of the Interior...Land Stewardship—Headwaters Province, Idaho and Montana By U.S. Geological Survey Headwaters Province...land stewardship—Headwaters province, Idaho and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1305, 92 p. Cover.... Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Idaho-Montana Porphyry Belt, by Cliff D. Taylor, Jeffrey A. Winick...Mineralization in the Boulder Batholith Region, Montana, by Karen Lund, John N. Aleinikoff, Michael J. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | extraction-electrowinning technologies have transformed the copper industry by providing a low-cost method for processing...ores from the oxide zone of copper deposits. Between 1968 and 1998, copper production by these technologies...to greater than 45 percent of the total Arizona copper production (e.g., Bogart, 1990; Lake, 1996; Phelps...Phelps Dodge, 1997). In the oxide zone of many copper deposits, azurite can be present in economically...during the low-temperature oxidation of primary copper sulfide minerals in zones where PCO2 is too high |  | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluid Evolution in the Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposit at Butte, Montana BRIAN G. RUSK†,* MARK H. REED...97331 Abstract The porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in Butte, Montana, formed where magmatic hydrothermal fluids...porphyrytic dikes, fractured and permeated the Butte Quartz Monzonite. These fluids formed a stockwork...offset along the Continental fault provide a vertical view of almost 3 km through the Butte deposit. Deep...inclusion phase relationships indicate that the Butte porphyry Cu-Mo deposit formed at 5 to 9 km depth |  | | Journal (issue) | | NO~ TH Z~E~ ROAO ANN ARHOR , MI 48100 AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS FOUNDED 1897 Officers Chairman: Harry.... Conger ...published monthly by the American Mining Congress, 1920 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C...Chairman t Honorary FEATURES 10 SENTINELS OF SAFm. Mining award marks 60 years of safety. 13 THE WINNERS...1986 TAX Bill. How the new legislation affects mining. DEPARTMENTS 3 WASHINGTON WIRE. A checklist of...nation's capital. 5 INDUSTRY NEWS. What's going on in mining. 8 CALENDAR. What's happening where. 9 PEOPLE IN |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington EMI-1 'CPM-1 KMM-1 VM HDM-2 Oregon Montana Idaho Wyoming MM-2 •/TM-2 Nevada --'MTM-2...byreacting a copper saltsolution withcalcite(Table 1) obtained froma Mississippi Valley-type deposit...8D(sMow) data temperature temperature Mine or district Location %0 Arizona 22.16 22.59 Arizona 23...Blue Bird mine, Globe-Miami district 23.42 PintoValleymine,Globe-Miami district Arizona Arizona 24.71 SilverKingmine...Centennial-Eureka mine, Tintic district Utah Utah 20.51 Mammoth mine, Tintic district OK mine Utah 19.31 Utah |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydrothermal veins from the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit at Butte, Montana, contain multiple generations of quartz that...mineralization pulse determined from isotopic studies at Butte, Montana. Simple heat conduction models provide a temporal...relatively short time scales to indicate that the Butte porphyry deposit formed by short-lived episodes...formation from the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit at Butte, Montana (Fig. 1). Several studies have provided absolute...injections and mineralization at Butte. The deposit is hosted by the 77 to 75 Ma Butte Granite (Lund et al., 2002; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pulses: Mineralogic Insights from the Deposit at Butte, Montana Celestine N. Mercer†,* and Mark H. Reed Department...thermal profile of the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in Butte, Montana, by determining formation temperatures for...samples from the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit at Butte, Montana, to help define the space-time evolution of...Patterns of alteration and ore mineralization at Butte have been well documented (e.g., Meyer et al., 1968;...2008b; Reed et al., 2013). In the core of the district, early alteration includes characteristic biotite |  | | Report (issue) | | Bromine Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium...at Albemarle Corp.’s lithium production site in Silver Peak, Nevada. Lithium compounds are used to manufacture...Bromine Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium |  | | Report (issue) | | Bromine Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium...Bromine Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium.............................................. 50 Copper .............................................. |  | | Report (issue) | | Bromine Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium...Bromine Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Stone Strontium Sulfur Talc Tantalum Tellurium.............................................. 50 Copper .............................................. |  | | Report (issue) | | Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Columbium Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Sodium Sulfate Stone Strontium Sulfur.............................................. 52 Copper ............................................................................................148 Silver.................................................. primary aluminum, aluminum mill products, and copper) using leading and coincident indexes. Nonmetallic |  | | Report (issue) | | Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Columbium Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Sodium Sulfate Stone Strontium Sulfur...Cadmium Cement Cesium Chromium Clays Cobalt Columbium Copper Diamond Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Garnet...Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Sodium Sulfate Stone Strontium Sulfur.............................................. 52 Copper .............................................. |  | | Report (issue) | | Virginia 22807 USA David W. Mogk Department of Earth Sciences 200 Traphagen Hall Montana State University...University Bozeman, Montana 59717 USA Eric J. Pyle Department of Geology and Environmental Science James Madison...22807 USA Special Paper 461 3300 Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140 Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA 2009...Place, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA. 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