The Billie Goat Mine is a copper mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 8,120 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,120 Feet (2,475 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.32444, -113.14917
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Billie Goat Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Billie Goat Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Flint Creek Range Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philpsburg Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: STOCK PILE:
Analytical Data: QUARTZ VEIN: 0.1 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: COUNTRY ROCK IN ADIT: TRACE OF AG
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 7 MI BY ROAD E FROM GHOST TOWN OF GRANITE, ON THE GRANITE-RACETRACK LAKE TRAIL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Commodity): COPPER AND ANTIMONY ARE ANOMALOUSLY HIGH.
Comment (Workings): CAVED SHAFT, 34 FT ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 81-1095, P. 157, 121, FIG. 21, 26
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.
