The Lizzie Mine is a copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Lizzie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lizzie Mine
Secondary: Hayes Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
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
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2-2.5% CU, MUCH ZN.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Enargite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1959 EDITION
Comment (Production): IN 1930 SEVERAL CARLOADS OF SULPHIDE COPPER ORE WAS SENT.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN BELONGS TO THE BLUE VEIN SERIES, IT CARRIES A LOT OF ZINC.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT.
References
Reference (Production): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P. 193-4, PL X.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS -1926, 1927, 1930.
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.
