The Red Rock Mine is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Red Rock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Rock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Top O'Deep District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement 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
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Sericitaztion
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR E EDGE OF THE GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL PARTICLES OF AU ARE SEEN EMBEDDED IN LIMONITE. AU CONC. IN POCKETS.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, TUNNELS, DRIFTS, ALL CAVED (1916)
Comment (Production): $10,000-12,000.
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 660
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 213-4
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.
