The Boulder River Nickel Prospect is a nickel mine located in Sweet Grass county, Montana at an elevation of 5,351 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: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel
Lat, Long: 45.4719, -110.20220
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Boulder River Nickel Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder River Nickel Prospect
Secondary: Riverside
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Sweet Grass
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle 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 (Deposit): ALSO IN SEC 24 A NUMBER OF SHALLOW PITS AND TWO SHORT ADITS LESS THAN 100 FEET LONG PARTLY EXPLORE A ZONE IN THE BASAL HORIZON OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX. THE ZONE,12 TO 30 FEET WIDE, CONTAINS PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF PENTLANDIITE ENCLOSED IN HORNFELS. A SAMPLE OF MASSIVE SULFIDES SELECTED FROM ONE OF THE ADIT DUMPS ASSAYED AS FOLLOWS: GOLD TRACE SILVER TRACE IRON 23.1 PERCENT NICKEL 0.3 PERCENT COPPER 0.3 PERCENT COBALT 0.06 PERCENT PRIOR TO 1950 NO ORES HAD BEEN PRODUCED, ALTHOUGH THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPORADICALLY PROSPECTED FOR MANY YEAR
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7546, 1950, P. 55.
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.
