The Barnes Mine is a copper mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.45694, -113.15361
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Barnes Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barnes Mine
Secondary: Nelly Claims
Secondary: Copper Queen
Secondary: Snow Storm
Secondary: Black Bear
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Douglas Creek (Gird Creek) 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Princeton Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEVERAL PERCENT COPPER
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): PITS, ADITS
Comment (Geology): SANDY MEMBERS RICH IN FOSSILS, ORGANIC REMAINS COATED WITH RED COPPER OXIDE
Comment (Deposit): MAJOR FAULT ZONE 40 FT WIDE STRIKING N 30 W AND DIPPING 65 NE CROSSES THE PROPERTY AND DISPLACES THE STRATA ON THELIMB OF THE PRINCETON ANTICLINE TO THE E.
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1.0 KM SE OF THE BLUE BELL MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Development): NELLY AND COPPER QUEEN ARE ON N SIDE OF GIRD CREEK AND SNOW STORM AND BLACK BEAR ARE ON THE S SIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 241.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 847, P. 188, PL. 28.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 6611, P. 57.
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.
