The Kleinschmidt Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 7,421 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,421 Feet (2,262 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 46.39083, -111.71250
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Kleinschmidt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kleinschmidt Mine
Secondary: Little Olga
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Winston District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Finley Co.
Home Office: Austin, Texas 78700
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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: TABULAR, LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Little Olga Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ASSUMING MINERALIZED AREA 2 FT X 1200 FT X 600 FT GIVES 120,000 ST LESS ABOUT 20,000 ALREADY STOPED GIVES 100,000 ST. GRADE IS 50% GRADE OF SAMPLE FROM CARLSON CROSSCUT.
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF ADIT ON LITTLE OLGA VEIN KLEINSCHMIDT TUNNEL IS ABOUT 200 M SOUTH
Comment (Production): REED (1951) GIVES TOTAL PRODUCTION 4,354 ST AT ABOVE GRADE FOR 1901-1948 ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1901 ESTIMATED FROM STONE (1911) WHO REPORTS $25,000 IN AU AND AG WITH 5 LB PB PER TOZ AG
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY AT LEAST TWO SHAFTS ON VEIN; ONE 200 M LONG ADIT FROM HEAD OF WHITEHORSE CREEK (KLEINSCHMIDT ADIT) AND ONE 1000 M ADIT FROM HEAD OF WEASEL CREEK (CARLSON CROSSCUT). MAJOR PRODUCTION HAS COME FROM LITTLE OLGA VEIN; OTHER PARALLEL VEINS EXPLOITED TO SOME EXTENT.
Comment (Geology): LITTLE OLGA VEIN CONFINED TO LITTLE OLGA STOCK. SEVERAL OTHER APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL VEINS IN STOCK INCLUDING CYNOSURE, IRISH SYNDICATE, AND VOSBURG.
References
Reference (Deposit): EARLL, F. N., 1964, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF WINSTON MINING DISTRICT, BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., AND SCHRADER, F. C., 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 842
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592
Reference (Deposit): STONE, R. W., 1911, GEOLOGIC RELATIONS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 470
Reference (Deposit): 1933 GEOLMAP PARDEE AND SCHRADE
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.
