The Hautilla Prospect is a copper mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.14972, -114.44333
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Hautilla Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hautilla Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Nine Mile 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Oliver Hautilla
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
Physiographic Detail: Nine Mile Divide
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 3.5 % CU, 0.7 OZ/TON AG AND 0.03 OZ/TON AU. DUMP ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 6.94 % CU, 0.01 % ZN, 0.83 OZ/TON AG AND 0.01 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON KENNEDY CREEK, 1/2 MI UPSTREAM FROM LOST CABIN GROUP.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CONSISTS OF SEAMS OF ARGILLITE WITH SEAMS OF QUARTZ AND CHALCOPYRITE PARTLY OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT; ADIT WAS INACCESSIBLE DURING A MID-1950'S EXAMINATION OF THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 0.8 OZ AG, 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 7% CU, 0.01% ZN
Comment (Deposit): STILL PROD. 1953 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-03-1963
Reference (Production): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , PP. 38 - 39 .
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , PP. 38 - 39
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND
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.
