The Niagra Mine is a manganese and zinc mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Niagra Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Niagra Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Boulder Mountains Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FROM DUMP 0.007 %BE, RHODONITE 0.029% BE, QUARTZ WITH FLOURITE 0. 002% BE
Materials
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Helvite
Ore: Rhodonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): IT IS PART OF THE BADGER STATE BLOCK-CAVE AREA
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN N 70 W, STEEP DIP
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM R1 7148
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1957
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.
