The Mickey Lode Claim is a gold and silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.23833, -113.21528
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Mickey Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mickey Lode Claim
Secondary: Garrett Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Red Lion-Hidden Lake 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eugene Garrett
Home Office: Box 905, Anaconda, Mt. 59711
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1946
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Long Broad Canyon Of Upper Flint Creek In Which These Claims Lie.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MN - 1.92%
Analytical Data: AG - 0.65 OZS./TON
Analytical Data: ASSAY REPORT - AU - 0.040 OZS./TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLE CUT (TESTED FOR MN) - 12 INCHES WIDE, 2 INCHES DEEP, AND A DISTANCE OF 36 INCHES, ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE PORTAL OF THE NO. 1 DISCOVERY ADIT. { SAMPLE CUT (TESTED FOR AU AND AG) - 6 INCHES WIDE AND DISTANCE OF 42 INCHES, WAIST HIGH AT THE FACE OF A SMALL CROSSCUT IN THE NO. 1 DISCOVERY ADIT.
Comment (Workings): 250 FT OF MINE TRACK AND ONE SMALL ORE CAR. NO. 1 DISCOVERY ADIT - 5 FT BY 7 FT BY 187 FT LONG - ARE BOTH LOCATED ON THE CLAIM WATER-TURBINE-POWERED MILL, 15TON/DAY CAPACITY
Comment (Geology): THE AREA HAS BEEN GLACIATED MANY TIMES.
Comment (Location): ON N FORK OF FLINT CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): MINOR PRODUCTION NOTED IN 1960, 1962, 1963
Comment (Deposit): THE WALLROCK IS A DARK GREY DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF HEMATITE, LIMONITE, CALCITE, AND PYROLUSITE. THE WALLROCK IS A DARK GRAY DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 115, P. 5
Reference (Deposit): 1960 DIREXPL USFS
Reference (Deposit): 1961 DIREXPL USFS
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 84
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 84, P. 41, 42, 44.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 14, P. 14.
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.
