The High Ore Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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High Ore Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Ore Mine
Secondary: Montana Consolidated Mine Hi-Ore
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Basin (Cataract, Comet) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Howard And Alice Johnson
Home Office: 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: 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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): W SIDE OF HIGH ORE CR.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1952, 1959, 1960.
Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSIT ALONG WALLS OF AN APLITE DIKE INTRUDED INTO QUARTZ MONZONITE (MBMG BULL 16). VEIN CONSISTS OF SILICIFE ORE DEPOSIT ALONG WALLS OF AN APLITE DIKE INTRUDED INTO QUARTZ MONZONITE (MBMG BULL 16). VEIN CONSISTS OF SILICIFED BUTTE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND STRINGERS OF WHITE TO BLUISH-GRAY QUARTZ (USGS PP 428).
Comment (Workings): 1100 FT CROSSCUT, ADIT, DRIFTS, 2 STOPES, WINZE
Comment (Geology): ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY WAS DETECTED IN THE MINE IN 1951. NO RADIOACTIVE MINERALS WERE FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 15, 31, 33, 103
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 92.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1952, 1959, 1960.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16, P. 103 USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS
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.
