The Birdie Mine is a silver and tungsten mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 46.01389, -112.35833
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Birdie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birdie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Maretta, W. J. And Others
Home Office: Irvington, Ca
Owner Name: West Slope Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR-LENSELIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: N-Trending Continental Fault Is West Of Mine
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SMALL LENSES ASSAY AS MUCH AS 4.08 OZ AG/TON AND 3.38% WO3
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Huebnerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY CROSSCUT ADIT FROM WHICH RAISE IS TO SURFACE AND DRIFT FOLLOWS VEIN ABOUT 500 FT.
Comment (Deposit): THE BIRDIE VEIN IS A MASSIVE QUARTZ VEIN. IT HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND HEAVILY STAINED WITH FE AND MN OXIDES. VEIN WALLS ARE HIGHLY ALTERED. ON THE MAIN LEVEL, HUEBNERITE CRYSTALS OCCUR IN NARROW BANDS AND SMALL CLUSTERS. A SECOND VEIN INTERSECTS THE BIRDIE VEIN. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF HUEBNERITE OCCURS AT THE INTERSECTION.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS SILVER ORE SHIPPED ABOUT 1900. 82 TONS TUNGSTEN ORE SHIPPED IN 1916
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880-SILVER 1907-W
References
Reference (Deposit): SMEDES, H.W., KLEPPER, M.R., PINCKNEY, D.M., BECRAFT, G.E., RUPPEL, E.T., 1962, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELK PARK QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-246
Reference (Deposit): USBM REP INVES 6334, P. 6, 55, 56.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, 262 P.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA RECORDS
Reference (Production): DMEA FILES
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.
