The Olympiad Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Missoula county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Olympiad Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Olympiad Mine
Secondary: Comet Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Coloma District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: 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
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PEGMATITE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Garnet 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
Analytical Data: OXIDIZED ORE $100/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF BIVINS GULCH.
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED ORE NEAR SURFACE, BELOW A FEW SMALL SHOOTS OF SULFHIDE ORE WERE FOUND.
Comment (Workings): 1905 A 15-TON HUNINGTON MILL WAS INSTALLED. 1916 THESHAFT WAS CAVED WITHIN A FEW FEET OF COLLAR. IT HAD A SHAFT, SEVERAL CROSSCUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 10, 26, 27.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 198-99.
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.
