The Butte Highlands Mine is a gold mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.79722, -112.50833
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Butte Highlands Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butte Highlands Mine
Secondary: Tilton
Secondary: Highland
Secondary: Nevin Hill
Secondary: Only Chance
Secondary: Murphy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Highland (Fish Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Butte Highlands Mining Co., Spokane, Wa.
Owner Name: Butte Highlands Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1997
Mined: 97000.000 mt
Material type: ore
Year: 1997
Mined: 93310.440 g
Material type: Ag
Year: 1997
Mined: 1959519.300 g
Material type: gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Skarn Au
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1867
Discovery Year: 1866
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Au
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Steeply Nw-Plunging Anticline, Mother Lode Fault, Diorite (Gabbro) Intrusion, Parent Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES OF TILTON SHAFT
Comment (Development): GROUP CONSISTS OF AT LEAST 6 PATENTED CLAIMS: MURPHY ONLY CHANCE, J.B. THOMPSON, BARNARD, ISLAND AND OTHERS.
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT DEVELOPED BY AT LEAST 5 SHAFTS AND 3 ADITS ON AT LEAST 8 LEVELS TO A DEPTH OF 950 FT. MAIN DEVELOPMENTS WERE 2300 FT. LONG 600 LEVEL ADIT, 350 FT. DEEP "NEW WINZE", 540 FT. TILTON SHAFT, ONLY CHANCE ADIT, AND MURPHY SHAFT.
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ MAY CARRY SOME GOLD. ORE IS MINERALIZED QUARTZ AND DOLOMITE BRECCIA
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBINSON, G. D., KLEPPER, M. R., AND OBRADOVICH, J. D., 1968, OVERLAPPING PLUTONISM, VOLCANISM, AND TECTONISM IN THE BOULDER BATHOLITH REGION, WESTERN MONTANA, IN STUDIES IN VOLCANOLOGY: GEOL. SOC. AM. MEM. 116, P. 557-576.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 32.
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.
