The Blackfoot Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Blackfoot Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackfoot Mine
Secondary: Blackfoot Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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: Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)
Comment (Production): MBMG BULL 98, P. 67.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS LOCALLY VUGGY AND ALSO SPLITS INTO STRINGERS THAT EITHER COALESEE OR DIE OUT IN THE WALL ROCK. NATIVE GOLD OCCURS WITH LIMONITE
Comment (Workings): TWO CAVED ADITS, STOPES, PROSPECT PITS NEAR ADITS. MINING MOSTLY CONFINED TO WEATHERED PART OF VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): LARGEST MINE IN BIG BLACKFOOT DISTRICT BOTH IN DEVELOPEMENT AND PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 43, 44, 67
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.
