The East Katie Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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East Katie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Katie Mine
Secondary: Lot 7 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Basin (Cataract, Comet) 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
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
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
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: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): RECENT PRODUCTION (1952-1956) IS CREDITED TO BASIN JIB MINE. IT IS CLASSED AS A LOW GRADE MILLING ORE. PRE 1929 $20000 WAS PRODUCED. MOSTLY IN AU
Comment (Location): N SIDE OF BOULDER RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS PART OF HOPE-KATIE LODE THAT HAS BEEN DISPLACED 800 FT TO THE N BY FAULTING. VEIN IS CUT BY QUARTZ PORPHORY DIKE AT NEARLY RT ANGLES BUT DOES NOT DISPLACE IT. GALENA IS FOUND ON 200 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Workings): 1929 A 200 FT SHAFT AND DRIFTS WERE PUT IN. 1955 THE SHAFT WAS EXTENDED.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 290.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 29
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.
