Provenite

Badger State Mine

MineClosedDraft data

46.0306° N, 112.5181° W · ± 1 km

Enargite from Montana, United States, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Enargite

Enargite at Badger State Mine

Enargite with pyrite from the Badger State Mine, Butte, in the South Dakota School of Mines museum collection.
Enargite with pyrite from the Badger State Mine, Butte, in the South Dakota School of Mines museum collection.
Photo: James St. John · CC BY 2.0 · Source
Formula
Cu₃AsS₄
Morphology
Enargite with pyrite (museum specimen)
Associated minerals
Pyrite
Availability
Unknown
History
A specimen is held by the Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT 1789). Enargite at this mine is documented here only by the museum photo label; the MRDS record does not list it.

Sources: SRC-647 SRC-663

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Zinc-lead-copper-silver vein mine in the Butte district
Type
Hydrothermal
Host rock
Butte Granite (Boulder Batholith)
Region
Montana
Country
United States

MRDS record 'Badger Mine' with Badger State as secondary name; no activity after 1981. Coordinates from the USGS MRDS record shown by Western Mining History; MRDS states its locations are not verified, hence +/- 1 km.

Sources: SRC-647

Sources

  1. SRC-647 · Database
    Badger MineUSGS Mineral Resources Data System (via Western Mining History) · Western Mining History
  2. SRC-663 · Website
    File:Enargite-pyrite (latest Cretaceous to earliest Tertiary, 62-66 Ma; Badger State Mine, Butte, Montana, USA) (18308509874).jpg (Wikimedia Commons)James St. John · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.