USGS Professonal Paper 1096 - IRIS

MONTANA
B"tte MI
GENERAL INFORMATION
Operated by:
Address:
Montana College of Mineral Science 'nd Technology
fo< the U.S. Geological Survey
Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology
West Eark St reet
Butte, MT 59701
Telephone: 406-792-8321
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SITE INEORtlAIION
U.S. Geological Survey
Branch of Global Seismology
Stop ,67
Box 25046, Denver Federal Center
Denver, ca 80225
Code
Station
name
Latitude Longitude Elev Date Date
(deg N. ) (deg W. ) (meters) opened closed
Foundation; geologic
,g,
BUT Butte------------------- 46.0133 112.5633 1758 10/36 Open-- Rhyolite; Tertiary.
INSTRUMENTATION
Seismometer Galvo Typ. l1agni fic:ation
Code Typ. Component T (sec) Tg(sec) recording
" T
0 0
Remarks
BUT Benioff l1C----------- Z 1.3 1.0 Photo paper 50 K ---
'deed AnderseH (HeHseH) ~IS 8. 8 ---de------ J16 ---
Wilson-Lamison------- NS,EW 8.0 3.8 ---do------ 12 K ---
rimiug system. SimplEX lilliE REcorder LypE 93 , .
System response curVES:
Available from station.
SHORT HISTORY
Operation was started with the Wood-Anderson and an accelerograph. Th. Benioff .., added and operational May 20, 1951.
Both Wilson-Lamison's were added in June 1954.
E'lllE'k the statigil has been run fgr the uses (ana fer its pred€E'€ssors in the Tl 5 Department of CO'Mlerce) hy the Montana
College (formerly the Montana School of tlines) since 1944.
Th. original pendulum-type timer .. , replaced in May-June 1971 by the present
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