The Norris is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Madison county, Montana.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.58333, -111.78333
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Norris MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Norris
Secondary: Maltby's Mound
Secondary: Revenue
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Upper Hot Springs
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: William Resources
Owner Name: ECU Gold Mining Inc.
Percent: 49.00
Owner Name: Miltop Inc. (International Bigsky Resources)
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 2008
Years: 1998 -
Production
Year: 1921
Time Period: 1890-1921
Mined: 136000.000 mt
Material type: Ore produced from Norris-Revenue. Headwaters 2004, row 182.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Polymetallic veins
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLION QUAD., MONTANA: USGS BULL. 574, P. 111-118
Reference (Production): WINCHELL, 1914, USGS BULL. 574
Reference (Deposit): Spanski, Gregory T., 2004, Inventory of Significant Mineral Deposit Occurrences in the Headwaters Project Area in Idaho, Western Montana, and Extreme Eastern Oregon and Washington; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1038, HWSignDep XLS file, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1038/HWSignDep.xls
URL: pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1038/HWSignDep.xls
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.
