Butte Highlands Mine

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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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

Name: Butte Highlands Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Silver Bow

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

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.