Crystal Mine

The Crystal Mine is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 7,799 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: Crystal Mine

State:  Montana

County:  Jefferson

Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 46.35, -112.26056

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Crystal Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crystal Mine
Secondary: St. Lawrence
Secondary: Sparkling Water
Secondary: Jack Fraction


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Quartz
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Basin (Cataract, Comet) District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Delbert And John Bullock

Owner Name: Same


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1883
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR , LENSES


Structure

Type: R
Description: Northwest Structural Trend


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization & Kaolinization Of Qtz Mz.


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE FROM THE CENTRAL AND HANGING WALL SHOOTS 0.09OZ/TON AU 19.97 OZ/TON AG, 10.9% PB, 11.3% ZN, 0.51% CU
Analytical Data: FOOTWALL ORE 1.23OZ/TON AU, 12.8OZ/TON AG, 2.8% CU


Materials

Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Ankerite
Unknown: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): COMPLEX ORE REQUIRES CONCENTRATION BY FLOAT TO YIELDMARKETABLE COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTS.

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY HAS PRODUCED FROM AN OPEN PIT OPERATION DURING 1975. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE REPORTED TO BE REOPENED DURING 1976 - 1977. VEIN BANDS AVERAGE 2-5 FT IN WIDTH. THE INTERVALS MAY RUN UP TO 10 FT, QUARTZ CORE IN PEGMATITE

Comment (Workings): MINE OPENINGS ON THE CRYSTAL AND ADJACENT CLAIMS INCLUDE 2 SHAFTS AND ASSOCIATED LEVELS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE CLAIM; SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS ON THE JACK FRACTION BETWEEN THE ST. LAWRENCE AND CRYSTAL CLAIMS, AN UPPER ADIT, A LOWER ADIT AND APPENDED DRIFT, SEVERAL OLD SHAFTS ON THE CRYSTAL, AND AN ADIT ON THE SPARKLING WATER CLAIM AT THE EAST END OF THE MINERLIZED ZONE.

Comment (Geology): THE ZONE OF OXIDATION EXTENDS FROM SURFACE TO DEPTHS OF 25 TO 175 : ONE SHOOT MINED TO A DEPTH OF 400 FT.

Comment (Location): THREE ADITS - LOCATION TAKEN ON ABANDONED BUILDINGS BETWEEN NORTHERN TWO ADITS

Comment (Production): SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION SINCE 1968 1911, 1913, 1914 PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH COMET MINE.


References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 115, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 28-9, 102, PL. 1.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 31, P. 38

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1151, P. 103-05

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 291-2

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 30, P. 23

Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16, P. 102.


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.