The Minnesota Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 5,541 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: 5,541 Feet (1,689 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.38611, -112.12361
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Minnesota Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnesota Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Edna M. Adamson, V.H. Manuel, And E.R. Manuel
Home Office: Helena Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: N-S Fault Cuts Vein Off At Eastern End, Displacement Unknown
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tourmalinization, Pyritization, Partly Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN SMALL VEINS THAT CUT BOTH ANDESITE AND GRANITE. PRODUCTIVE PART OF VEIN IN GRANITE. VEIN DIPS FROM 80 N TO 80 S AND CONTAINS 2 ORE BODIES. AN ALTERED ZONE 75 FT S OF MAIN VEIN CONTAINS 2 OTHER VEINS THAT STRIKE N 85 E AND DIP 80 S. THEY ARE MADE OF STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND TOURMALINE ACROSS A WIDTH OF 15 IN.
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS AND A MILL SITE: MINNESOTA, CHARLOTTE AND MILL SITE.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES. MOST OF WORKINGS FLOODED
Comment (Geology): SLIPPAGE SHOWN ON MOST CONTACTS.
Comment (Production): A LOT OF WORK WAS DONE BEFORE 1900.
Comment (Location): ON CLANCY CREEK, A SHORT DISTANCE W OF THE OLD TOWN OF GREGORY.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 118.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 245-46.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 72, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 46, 52, 109.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16, P. 109.
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.
