The Corn Cracker Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.53889, -112.20611
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Corn Cracker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Corn Cracker Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Tidal Wave District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Steiner, Missoula; Bugdon, Twin Bridges
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: 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: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS-LIKE SULPHIDE BANDS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Strong Fissure Zone Trending N30e, 75e North Trending Syncline.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intensive Hypogene Action, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT OF CU PRODUCED FROM 1921-1935.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, PLUS STOPES. THE CORNCRACKER VEIN ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 650 FT LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6972, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 24, P. 40.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-03-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON MBMG MEMOIR 9
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972, MBMG BULL. 24
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 38.
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.
