The Nettie Mine is a manganese and silver mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Nettie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nettie Mine
Secondary: Nettie-Hibernia
Secondary: Nettie-Hubernic
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: The Anaconda Co.
Home Office: Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.
Owner Name: Lloyd Brynie
Home Office: 2222 Walnut St., Butte, Mt.
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Iron
Ore: Lead
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOTS ON THE NETTIE VEIN ARE ON THE 200 AND 300FT LEVEL. THE VEINS ARE CUT OFF TO THE W BY A RHYOLITE DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 14, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P. 37, 251-53
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 690, P. 111-130.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1917, 1953-56.
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.
