The Nonpareil Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.39806, -113.13750
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Nonpareil Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nonpareil Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Princeton (South Boulder Creek) 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: Non-Pareil Mining Co., C. H. Bielenderg, Sec-Treas.
Home Office: 801 Milwaukee, Deer Lodge, Mt.
Owner Name: R. J. Maccalman,
Home Office: 1010 5th St., Deer Lodge, MT 59722
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1891
Discovery Year: 1886
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: On Crest Of Douglas Mountain Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rock In Brecciated Zone Altered To Soft Clay And Iron Stained
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): N SIDE OF BOULDER CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): 280 FT SHAFT, LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT BELOW THE SURFACE
Comment (Production): MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $50,000 IN AG AND PB. PRODUCTION ESTIMATED USING $1/TOZ FOR AG, 4?/LB PB AND ASSUMING 5 TOZ AG PER 1 % PB WHICH IS ABOUT THE AG-PB RATIO AT THE NEARBY BROOKLYN MINE WHICH HAD SIMILAR MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Deposit): A FISSURE IN A ZONE NEAR THE FAULTED CONTACT OF THE JEFFERSON AND MADISON LIMESTONES. THE COUNTRY ROCK SHOWS MUCH BRECCIATION AND THE DISTURBED ZONE HAS A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 120 FT. NODULES OF GALENA WERE FOUND WITH A FEW FT OF THE SURFACE AND ARE SAID TO HAVE EXTENDED DOWNWARD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 249.
Reference (Deposit): SILVERMAN, A., 1965, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, IN GEOLOGY OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, MONTANA: BILLINGS GEOL. SOC. 16TH FLD. CONF., P. 108-119
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 33, P. 11.
Reference (Production): USGS PP 78
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.
