The Boston Mine is a copper mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Boston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boston Mine
Secondary: Hartford
Secondary: Golden Angel Klondike
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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: Occurrence
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
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Garnet Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): PITS, SHAFT ENDS IN GRANITE
Comment (Deposit): HARTFORD IS ON THE NORTHERN HORN, GOLDEN ANGEL IS ON THE SOUTHERN HORN OF THE CRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON A HILL AT THE HEAD OF DEEP CR.
Comment (Deposit): GARNET-MAGNETITE-EPIDOTE ROCK SHAPED LIKE A CRESCENT OPEN TO THE WEST, SURROUNDED BY GRANITE
Comment (Location): Original political locations are Powell and Granite counties. Original lat/long plots in Granite county. So Granite county was promoted to first place to resolve lat/long - county disagreement.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 205-13
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.
