The Boulder Chief Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 7,520 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,520 Feet (2,292 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.33056, -112.20944
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Boulder Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Chief Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Uranium
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John H. Shober, Helena, And Margaret Evans.
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IRON-STAINED QUARTZ CONTAINED 0.016% EQUIVALENT URANIUM AND 0.010% URANIUM.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): N OF MT THOMPSON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD, SILVER, AND COPPER WAS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1913-1917.
Comment (Workings): HORSE WHIM WAS USED AND ONCE IT HAD A GRAVITY CONCENTRATOR. SHAFT (CAVED), CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 24.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 95.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC 277, P. 7.
Reference (Production): USGS PP 428
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.
