The January Mine is a zinc, silver, lead, gold, and copper mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 5,961 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: 5,961 Feet (1,817 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 46.4147, -111.69640
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January Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: January Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Radersburg
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: Northwest Union Trust Co.
Company ID: 2400579
Percent: 99.00
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Pyromorphite
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): USGS GSC ID# LIST OF JUNE 95 HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LAT/LONG FOR THIS PROPERTY.
Comment (Geology): PB OCCURS AS GALENA, CERUSSITE, & PYROMORPHITE CU OCCURS AS CHARCOPYRITE & TETRAHEDRITE PB OCCURS AS CARBONATE, SULFIDE & CHLORIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): MBM&G MEM. 15, 1935, P.10
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 665, 1971, P.41
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 842, 1933, P.215
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7592, 1951, P. 39
Reference (Deposit): MBM&G IC 20, 1957, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): MBM&G BULL. 41, 1964, P.17-18
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.
