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ID: 2061124
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2061124
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Butte (inhabited place)  Butte (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 112 32 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -112.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on W slope of Continental Divide; founded as gold mining camp in 1862; boomed after immense deposits of copper & silver were found within city limits; expanded after arrival of railroads in 1880s; copper, zinc, lead & manganese are mined nearby.

Names:
Butte (preferred,C,V)
Butte City (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Montana (state)  ............  Montana (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Silver Bow (county)  ................  Silver Bow (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Butte (inhabited place)  ....................  Butte (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was laid out in 1886
city (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
agricultural center (C)
educational center (C)  ............  includes Montana College of Mineral Science & Technology
tourist center (C)  ............  noted for exhibits of mining & smelting operations, Columbia Gardens, Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park, & ski areas

Sources and Contributors:
Butte..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 686
..............  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS30003862
Butte City..........  [VP]
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS30003862
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 686
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS30003862
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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