Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine

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.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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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.