Butte Copper Mineral Dumps
Rockhounding site in Butte, Montana · Gold & Minerals
Butte Copper Mineral Dumps is a copper rockhounding site near Butte, MT. Fee varies. Best season: Summer months.
Typical season: Summer months
Key facts
Structured details for trip planning — verify access and fees with the land manager before you visit.
- Specimen type
- Copper
- Primary specimens
- Copper, Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
- Fee status
- Fee varies
- Nearest town
- Butte
- State
- Montana
- Coordinates
- 46.00300, -112.53400
- Best season
- Summer months
- Access difficulty
- Moderate urban mine dump terrain
- Camping
- Butte and Anaconda motels
- Activities
- Copper mineral dump collecting where permitted
- Facilities
- Butte mining museum and visitor center
- Last updated
- July 5, 2026
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The experience
- Best time to visitSummer months
- AccessModerate urban mine dump terrain
- FacilitiesButte mining museum and visitor center
- Camping nearbyButte and Anaconda motels
Map & location
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Safety notice: Field and weather conditions change with weather, season, and field conditions. Verify current conditions with local land managers before you go. Collect at your own risk — there are rarely rangers or land managers at these sites.