Hautilla Prospect

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

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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.