The Red Mountain is a mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.4814, -112.24390
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Red Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Mountain
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Rimini
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nilson Enterprises
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1977
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: Galena
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADES ARE FROM AN ASSAY OF A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE TONNAGES ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR DATA ARE SUPPORTED BY REPORTS IN BACKUP FILE
Comment (Environmental Factors): THERE WERE NO MILL TAILINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. THE ONLY POTENTIAL ADIT DISCHARGE WAS A SEEP AT THE TOE OF WASTE ROCK DUMP 1 THAT DISCHARGES INTO THE MAN-MADE FLUME. THE FLUME SUPPLIED WATER TO CHESSMAN RESERVOIR. THIS SEEP WAS DISCHARGING AT A FLOW OF LESS THAN 1 GPM WITH A PH OF 6.67. THE SAMPLE OF THIS DISCHAGE EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR ARSENIC. A SMALL INTERMITTENT TRIBUTATRY TO TENMILE CREEK CONTACTED SEVERAL OF THE WASTE ROCK DUMPS. OBSERVED RELEASES WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC, LEAD, AND ZINC. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED THAT WERE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS SITE. A WATER SUPPLY FLUME FOR THE CHESSMAN RESERVOIR CROSSED THIS SITE. WASTE ROCK FROM WASTE ROCK DUMPS 1 AND 5 SLUFFS OR ERODES INTO THIS FLUME AND IS INTRODUCED INTO THE WATER SUPPLY. THERE WAS ONE OPEN SHAFT THAT WAS A HAZARDOUS MINE OPENING.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPT. OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-145.
Reference (Deposit): BECRAFT, 1963, U.S. GEOLIGICAL SURVEY, P. 56, PLATE 6.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE AND SCHRADER, 1933, U.S. GEOLGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): 842, P. 249.
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.
