Martin and Battle Butte Mines

The Martin and Battle Butte Mines is a zinc, copper, and lead mine located in Flathead county, Montana at an elevation of 3,409 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Martin and Battle Butte Mines

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Flathead
District: Hog Heaven District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Burlington Northern Railroad

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1939
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: Southern Salish Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POD AND LENSLIKE ORE BODIES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Large Nw - Trending Fault Providing Control For Flathead Mine Intrusive

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Formation Of Silica, Kaolinite, And Alunite

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS (300 - FT MARTIN SHAFT AND 100 - FT BATTLE BUTTE SHAFT) AND 2 SHORT ADITS PLUS SOME PITS COMPRISE THE MINE WORKINGS

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PODS OF ORE INTERCEPTED IN 300 - FT MARTIN SHAFT. SOME ORE ASSOCIATED WITH A PIPE AND SOME MINERALIZATION RELATED TO FAULTING

Comment (Geology): ANDESITE AND LATITE OCCUR AS FLOWS, AND IN THE PORPHYRITIC PHASES BOTH UNITS MAY OCCUR AS INSTRUSIVES ALSO WITHIN THE IGNEOUS MASS

Comment (Deposit): ENRICHMENT WITH RESPECT TO SILVER CONCENTRATION HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PROCESS WITHIN THE HOG HEAVEN DISTRICT

Comment (Location): LOCATION TAKEN ON MARTIN ADIT - BATTLE BUTTE ADIT 0.5 MILE SOUTHEAST

Comment (Development): MBMG MEM. 17 , MBMG BULLS. 36 , 79

References

Reference (Deposit): 1929 RECON MBMG, MEM. NO. 17

Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP MBMG, BULLS. 36 , 79

Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. A., AND OTHERS, 1963, PROGRESS REPORT ON G EOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI - FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHEST MONTANA, MBMG BULL 29

Reference (Deposit): MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 36, P.55

Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., AND TAYLOR, A. V., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE OCCURENCE OF THE HOG HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MOUNTANA, MBMG MEM 17, 16P.

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.