The Night Owl Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.27, -114.92556
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Night Owl Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Night Owl Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Keystone 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
Owner Name: D. W. Alexander
Home Office: Superior, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 10 MI SW OF PARADISE
Comment (Development): MINE HAD BEEN OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY FOR MANY YEARS. MINE WAS REOPENED IN 1954 BUT WHETHER ANY ORE WAS PRODUCED DURING THAT TIME IS NOT KNOWN.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS RECORDED FOR 1926, 1927 AND 1951 .
Comment (Deposit): GALENA OCCURS AS INDIVIDUAL GRAINS IN QUARTZ, MOST OF WHICH AVERAGE ABOUT 0.1 MM. ACROSS, BUT SOME SPECIMENS CONTAIN MASSIVE GALENA WHICH IS USUALLY INTERGROWN AND INTERLOCKED WITH SPHALERITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 10, 1959, P. 47
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, F. M., CROWLEY, F. A. AND SAHINEN, U. M., 1962 , MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 30 , P. 31 .
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS - SUPERIOR AREA MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I, P. 607 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-10-1961
Reference (Production): CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-5, P. 607 .
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.
