The Black Diamond Prospect is a iron mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 45.27222, -110.27083
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Black Diamond Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Diamond Prospect
Secondary: War Eagle Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Cowles-Independence (Boulder River)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Crasnick, Mcleood,
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1878
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF SEC 32.
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO., MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 54.
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO., MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 35.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE USBM, INF. CIR. 7546
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B
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.
