The Boss Tweed and Clipper is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.6636, -111.95690
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Boss Tweed and Clipper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boss Tweed and Clipper
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mike Anderson / Denimil Resources Inc.
Company ID: 2401407
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1986
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Environmental Factors): FOUR DISCHARGING ADITS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. ONE OF THE DISCHARGES WAS SAMPLED FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. PONY CREEK FLOWED THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SITE. SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED UPSTREADM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SITE IN PONY CREEK. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED. AN OBSERVED RELEASE TO PONY CREEK (SEDIMENT) WAS DOCUMENTED FOR ZINC. POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS OBSERVED AT THE SITE INCLUDED FIVE OPEN ADITS AND THREE HIGHWALLS (>25 FEET). A SAMPLE OF LEACH PAD MATERIAL COLLECTED FROM THIS SITE REVEALED A CYANIDE CONCENTRATION OF 0.394 MG/KG.
References
Reference (Deposit): REPORT 73, 1952, P. A-14.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, 1935, P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 121.
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-162.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY IC 21, 1958, PLATE 2.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6972, 1937, P. 34.
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.
