The Homestake and Blackrock Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.27222, -111.95722
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Homestake and Blackrock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake and Blackrock Mine
Secondary: Blackrock and Homestake Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Virginia City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hammond, Virginia City
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SHIPPING ORE ASSAYED FROM $15 TO $50 A TON IN GOLD AND SILVER.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): IN A THREE MONTH PERIOD, 100 TONS OF SHIPPING ORE WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON RIDGE BETWEEN BROWNS GULCH AND ALDER GULCH.
Comment (Workings): ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, S., 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 6972, P. 56
Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIRC. 697
Reference (Production): LORAIN, P. 56
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.
