The Bullion Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 7,241 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,241 Feet (2,207 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 46.35611, -112.29444
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Bullion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bullion Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
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
Owner Name: Bullion Mining Co., Joplin, Mo
Owner Name: D. M. Bullock, Basin, Mt 59631
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1905-1947
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.94 %
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1905-1947
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.16 Toz/St
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1905-1947
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^9.5 Toz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: 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
Form: TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY ON MIDDLE DUMP IS .020 MR/HR. 4 TIMES BACKGROUND LEVEL. LOWER DUMP IS .012 MR/HR. NO. 3 ADIT (1935-1947) 0.04-.05 OZ/TON, 3-5 OZ/TON AG, 2-5% PB, 3-4% ZN, .1% CU, 6.5% FE; ADIT 2 0.2 OZ/TON AU, 9-9.5 OZ/TON AG, 1-1.5% CU, 15% FE;
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS, A SHAFT, AND SOME OPEN CUTS. LOWER (NO 3) ADIT WAS ABOUT 900 M LONG, MIDDLE (NO. 2) ABOUT 275 M, UPPER (NO. 1) ABOUT 100 M. BULLION MINE ON NORTHWESTERN EXTENSION OF CRYSTAL VEIN. ALL WORKING INACESSABLE IN 1956.; A FEW OPEN PITS
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS INTRUDED BY SMALL DIKES OF TOURMALINE-BEARING APLITE. NEAR THE ORE THE ROCK IS CUT BY IRREGULAR VEINS CARRING TOURMALINE, QUARTZ, AND PYRITE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAP SHOWS STOPED AREA CONTAINED ABOUT 50,000 ST ASSUMING 4 FT STOPE WIDTH PROVIDING AN ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF 30,000 ST. UNSTOPED GROUND IN PRODUCTIVE AREA TOTALS ABOUT 80,000 ST (4 FT. WIDTH). RESOURCES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 50,000 ST AT THE AVERAGE GRADE OF MATERIAL PRODUCED FROM THE LOWER (NO. 3) ADIT. RECENT PRODUCTION MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THIS FIGURE.
Comment (Commodity): METAL CONTENT OF VEIN DECREASES EASTWARD
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS INTERMITTANT BETWEEN 1905-1947. MINE WAS ACTIVE IN EARLY 1960'S BUT PRODUCTION NOT AVAILABLE
Comment (Development): 2 PATENED CLAIMS: BULLION, W BULLION. 1905 A 150-TON CONCENTRATOR WAS INSTALLED
Comment (Deposit): ADIT 2 A SULFIDE TUNNEL, MINED FOR CU AND PRECIOUS METALS, HIGH GRADE PODS; ADIT 3 CARBONATE TUNNEL, METAL CONTENT OF THE VEIN DECREASES EASTWARD;
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 25-6.101
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 100, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 127.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1151, P. 101-3.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 30, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 295
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16.
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.
