The January Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 5,961 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: 5,961 Feet (1,817 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.415, -111.69611
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January Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: January Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Winston 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: January Mining Co.
Home Office: Box 877, Helena Mont. 59601
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Elkhorn Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN FILLING
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Vein Is Zone Of Shearing Containing Blocks Of Country Rock Along Fault Fissure
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Vein Continues Into Altered Andesite
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE QUOTED DIP IS THAT FOUND ON THE UPPER (6 LEVEL) THE DIP FLATTENS SOMEWHAT ON THE LOWER (3 LEVEL) TO APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES NORTH
Comment (Workings): LOWER WORKINGS (1 AND 2 LEVEL) INACCESIBLE
Comment (Geology): NO INFORMATION ON TYPE OF ALTERATION IN ANDESITE. THERE ARE ACTUALLY 3 VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JANUARY MINE, THE JANUARY VEIN, THE MONTANA IDAHO VEIN AND ONE UNNAMED VEIN. THE MONTANA-IDAHO VEIN CONTAINS ABUNDANT ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE WITH LITTLE GALENA OR SPHALERITE.
Comment (Development): 1906 WAS THE YEAR OF PRODUCTION AS FIRST RECORDED PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT RECORDED PRIOR TO THAT
Comment (Deposit): THE PRODUCTION FIGURES QUOTED REFLECT THE JANUARY MINE AS THE MAJOR PRODUCER WITH FIGURES FROM AT LEAST 2 OTHER MINES ADDED.
References
Reference (Deposit): EARLL, F. N., 1964, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF WINSTON MINING DISTRICT, BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 41, P. 17-18, 44-46.
Reference (Deposit): KLEPPER, M. R., RUPPEL, E. T., FREEMAN, V. L., WEEKS, R. A., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, EAST FLANK OF THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 665 P. 41
Reference (Production): EARLL, F. N., 1964, WINSTON MINING DISTRICT
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.
