The Birdseye Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Flathead county, Montana at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.92111, -114.57167
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Birdseye Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birdseye Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Flathead
District: Hog Heaven District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Southern Salish Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Shroder Creek Fault, Elk Mountain Anticline. Both Trend Nw
Type: L
Description: West Trending Fractures, Porphyritic Latite Plug
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.5 MI E OF FLATHEAD MINE
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AG-PB ORE WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES DISCOVERED THUS FAR ARE SMALL. DEPOSIT BELIEVED TO HAVE FORMED AT A SHALLOW DEPTH
Comment (Geology): TWO STAGES OF MINERALIZATION: FINE GRAINED QUARTZ AND PYRITE WERE FORMED DURING THE FIRST STAGE; THE ROCK WAS THEN FRACTURED AND THE FRACTURES WERE HEALED, LARGELY BY VERY FINE GRAINED QUARTZ, BARITE AND SULFIDES. LATITE HAS A CELLULAR STRUCTURE RESULTING FROM LEACHING AND REPLACEMENT OF FELOSPAR PHENOCRYSTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., ETAL, 1963 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 36 , PL. 4 .
Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , PP. 137 - 142 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-14-1964
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.
