The Blackbird is a silver mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 6,900 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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.9403, -110.72170
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Blackbird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackbird
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
District: Neihart Mining 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Elizabeth M. Dean And Larissa P. Stewart
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Michigan
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 (Production): NET SMELTER RETURNS TO 1935 ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN $33,960.40 PRODUCTION FROM 1915 TO 1921, INCLUSIVE, WAS 539 TONS OF ORE, FROM WHICH 66.01 OUNCES GOLD, 46,760 OUNCES SILVER AND 71,489 POUNDS LEAD WERE RECOVERED
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7589 P. 35-36, 1951.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON, 1951, USBM I.C. 7589, P. 77, 35-36.
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.
