The Hawkeye Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 45.54833, -112.03333
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Hawkeye Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hawkeye Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Tidal Wave District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: C. E. Grant
Home Office: Twin Bridges
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: IRREGULAR ORESHOOTS, PIPES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A PIPE OF OXIDIZED ORE 80 FEET LONG ON DIP AND 30 FEET LONG ON STRIKE, AND 4 TO 8 FEET THICK HAS BEEN MINED AND SHIPPED. A CROSSCUT 600 FEET VERTICALLY BELOW THE STOPE HAD BEEN DRIVEN NORTH
Comment (Workings): 1250 FOOT CROSSCUT
Comment (Deposit): ACTIVE IN 1958 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6972, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): STOUT, K., AND ACKERMAN, W., 1959, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 10, P. 40.
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.
