The Overlook is a tungsten, molybdenum, limestone, general, and garnet mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Limestone, General, Garnet
Lat, Long: 45.82278, -112.45194
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Overlook MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Overlook
Secondary: Iron Cliff
Secondary: Denny Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Limestone, General
Primary: Garnet
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Highland (Fish 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Boulder Batholith, Fracture Zone Limestone Trends N40w, 41ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A 5-FT SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.3% WO3 AND 0.47 % MO.
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Limestone
Ore: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE AT CONTACT OF ROOF PENDANT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE. THE ZONE DIPS 55W ON THE WEST AND 55 E ON THE EAST SIDE.
Comment (Workings): 105-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 OF NE 1/4, SECTION 22, MARKED "QUARRY" ON MAP
References
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 633
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 6334, P. 56-7
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 39, P. 42
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 72, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 32, P. 47
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.
