The Quartz Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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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: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.49778, -112.05167
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Quartz Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Mill Creek) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gateway Mining Co.
Years: 1967 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: THIN LENSES IN MARBLE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith
Type: L
Description: Quartz Creek Antiform, Plunging North.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST TWO SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT.
Comment (Commodity): GOLD DISSEMINATED IN IRON-RICH GANGUE.
Comment (Location): SE/4 OF THE SE/4 OF SECTION 11.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 41, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 574
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP MBMG, MEMOIR 41.
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.
