The Big Ben is a molybdenum and silver mine located in Cascade county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Big Ben MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Ben
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
District: Neihart Mining Dist.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Mansikka
Home Office: Neihart, Montana
Owner Name: Amax, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1922
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: ELLIPSOIDAL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE-0.33% MOS2
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Molybdite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHAFER, P., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NEIHART MINING DIST. MONTANA: MONTANA BUR. OF MINING & GEOL. MEMO 13
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, F., 1916, MOLYBDENUM ITS ORE AND THEIR CONCENTRATION: U.S.B.M. BULL. 111
Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP S. CREASEY & E. SCHOLZ
Reference (Deposit): 1962 DIREXPL AMAX
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1: R.U. KING ITEM 2: MONT. B.M.&G. BULL. 111
Reference (Deposit): HERDLICK, J.A., 1949, R.I 4406
Reference (Deposit): 1893 RECON W.H. WEED
Reference (Deposit): 1938 DIREXPL FEDERAL MINING & SMELTING CO
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
