The Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Deer Lodge 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: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.18333, -113.06056
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Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Blue Eyed Nellie 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: Cloeter, John
Home Office: 2000 S. Freeway, Tuscon, Az
Owner Name: Brown, Charles
Home Office: 924 Burnside, Portland, Oregon
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 500 PPM CD
Analytical Data: 3000 PPM SB
Analytical Data: 7000 PPM CU
Analytical Data: GT 10000 PPM ZN
Analytical Data: GT 20000 PPM PB
Analytical Data: 700 PPM AG
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): EMMONS & CALKINS (1913) REPORT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF SILVER TAKEN FROM MINE BUT EARLL'S EXAMINATION, (1972) REVEALED NO NATIVE SILVER IN SPECIMENS EXAMINED
Comment (Location): ON W SIDE OF BLUE EYED NELLIE GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $1000000.
Comment (Deposit): EARLL REPORTS ORE FOUND IN THREE STEEPLY DIPPING SOUTHWARD SHOOTS IN AN EN ECHELON PATTERN.
Comment (Workings): ADITS, TEST PITS, SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): TOTAL DISTRUBED AREA IS GREATER THAN 150 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 84, P. 15.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 243.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 19.
Reference (Production): EARLL, 1972, MBMG BULL. 84 MBMG MEM 31, P. 19.
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.
