The Dandy Mine is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Dandy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dandy Mine
Secondary: Big Six Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Elk Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Louis Imhof
Home Office: 785 Park Ave., New York, N.Y.
Owner Name: J. D. Hollowell
Home Office: Drummond, 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
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL, BANDED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Garnet Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO 2 ADIT $30/TON AU, SULPHIDE ORE IN ADIT 3 IS $20/TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): W SLOPE OF ELK CR.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRE 1919; 1922, 1923, 1933-34, 1939-41,
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPING IN 1959. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN CUTS THE QUARTZITE, SHIST AND SHALE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THEIR GENERAL DIRECTION. IN ADIT 1 A FAULT A PORTION OF THE VEIN 200 FT TO THE SOUTH. THE VEIN IS CUT OFF NEAR THE MOUTH OF ADIT 2, AT A POINT BELOW IN ADIT 3 IT IS MOVED BY A NW FAULT ZONE. PYRITE IS GENERALLY GATHERED ALONG THE MIDDLE OF THE VEIN AS MUCH AS A FT THICK.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADIT LEVELS, LOWEST ADIT NO. 3 IS 1000 FT LONG, ADIT 2 AND 1 ARE ABOUT 850 AND 200 FT IN LENGTH. THERE ARE SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND RAISES.
Comment (Geology): OXIDATION IS COMPLETE ABOVE ADIT 2.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 13, 14, 24.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 201-3.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 33, P. 10.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 8.
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.
