The Blizzard Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Blizzard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blizzard Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. S. And Alice Renquard
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Owner Name: Charles F. Hendrickson
Home Office: Corbin
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1888
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
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Fault Plane Dips 45-85n And Offsets Ore Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritized
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: KNOPF, A., 1913, U.S.G.S. BULL. NO. 527, P. 111.
Analytical Data: .3 OZ/TON AU, 14 OZ/TON AG, 8.5% PB, 1.3% CU (1911 ASSAY)
Analytical Data: .1-.8 OZ/TON AU, 10-60 OZ/TON AG, 6-20% PB (ASSAYS OF OLD WORKINGS)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :41, 00 (1950)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE ABOVE #8 ADIT.
Comment (Production): $150,000 IN AU, AG, AND PB ORE BETWEEN 1888-1906. BECRAFT QUOTES PRODUCTION FIGURES SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THOSE GIVEN ABOVE. ZINC PRODUCTION FOR 1946 AND 1949.
Comment (Deposit): ALL VEINS ARE IN STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURES. AG-PB-ZN ORE MINED IN MIDDLE VEIN ON LOWER ADIT. N VEIN CONTAINS CU-AG-AU.
Comment (Workings): TWO CAVED SHAFTS, TWO CROSSCUT ADITS, STOPES
Comment (Development): 6 PATENTED CLAIMS: BLIZZARD, BLIZZARD #2, DEER, DEER EXTENSION, WICKES, HOUGHTON.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 49, 108.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 111
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MBMG BULL 16, P. 49.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 428, P 75
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 242.
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.
