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Once described as the ‘richest hill on earth’, this district is something of a legend among the Mineral deposits of the American West. It has some resemblance to a porphyry copper deposit, but much of the ore is in the form of large individually exploitable veins. It is perhaps the world’s greatest classic hydrothermal vein deposit.
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Mayer, C. et. al., (1968), Ore Deposits at Butte, Montana. In: Ore Deposits of the U.S.A. 1933–67 (Ridge, J., ed.), pp. 1373–1416. New York Am. Inst. Min. Met. & Pet. Eng. Inc. 2 vols., 1880pp. [Good and well-illustrated modern summary with fairly comprehensive bibliography.]
Sales, R. H. (1914), Ore Deposits at Butte, Montana. Am. Inst. Min. Eng. Trans., 46, 4–106. [The main descriptive text of the early veinmining days by the man who devoted most of his life to the district.]
Weed, W. H. (1912), Geology and Ore Deposits of Butte District, Montana. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper, 74, 262pp. [The original standard work on the area, a little out-of-date but still interesting.]
Sales, R. H. (1964), Underground Warfare at Butte. Caxton Printers Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho, 77pp. [Should not be missed if you can find a copy; lucid tale of the struggle for control of claims; better than most ‘westerns’.]
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Dixon, C.J. (1979). The Butte District — U.S.A.. In: Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6511-2_40
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