The Bissonette Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.99806, -112.10111
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Bissonette Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bissonette Mine
Secondary: Includes Champion and Liberty Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Wolf Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: The Anaconda Co.
Home Office: Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.
Owner Name: Champion Silver Mining Co.
Home Office: Attn. Lyle Health, Shermam Plaza, 901 Sherman, Suite 1218, Denver, Co 80203
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: L
Description: Transverse Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): W/2 OF SECTION 3
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): POST MINERAL FAULTING
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 92, P. 6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 113-14.
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.
