The Dunstone Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 46.28694, -111.94167
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Dunstone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dunstone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Elkhorn Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: S. C. And Marjorie Kennett
Owner Name: Elkhorn Consolidated, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Elkhorn Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Elkhorn Anticline-North Plunging
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME RICH GALENA ORE PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B. AND CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 16, P. 5
Reference (Production): ROBY, ETAL. 1960, P. 58
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.
