The Aladdin Mine is a copper mine located in Missoula county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Aladdin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aladdin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Clinton District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Specular Mining Co.
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: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Clinton Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW OF CAPE NOME CLAIM
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SOME SHIPPING ORE.
Comment (Workings): CLAIM EXPLORED UNDERGROUND BY CAPE NOME SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): MAY BE CONTINUATION OF HIDDEN TREASURE-CASCADE-CAPE NOME VEIN.
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 660, P. 227
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 224-27.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, PL 4&6, P. 36.
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.
