The Totten Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Totten Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Totten Mine
Secondary: Monitor Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) 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: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CROSSCUT CROSSES 4 LODES.
Comment (Workings): 900 FT CROSSCUT, 60 FT SHAFT, 50 FT OF DRIFTS
Comment (Location): 0.25 MI W OF WOOD CHUTE ROAD IN HOODOO GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)
Comment (Production): OPERATED IN 1938, 1939, 1940, SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED.
Comment (Development): BILLIE-TOTEN, NANCY LEE AND 3 OTHER CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 20, P. 36.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 20 SUP, P. 13.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 20, P. 36; MBMG MEM 20 SUP, P. 13.
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.
