The Gish Mine is a chromium mine located in Sweet Grass county, Montana at an elevation of 5,650 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: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 45.4778, -110.20190
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Gish Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gish Mine
Secondary: Boulder River Chromite Deposit
Secondary: Bonanza Group
Secondary: Dark Group
Secondary: Lost Shaft
Secondary: Blue Bird Frac.
Secondary: M & R Group
Secondary: Gish Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Sweet Grass
District: Stillwater
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: Monte Vista Co. - D. G. Zink President
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Bronzite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CR/FE RATIO IS 1.2:1.
Comment (Names): PART OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX.
Comment (Workings): MINE ROAD DISTANCE IS TWO KILOMETERS. DISTANCE TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY IS ONE KILOMETER. DISTANCE TO ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY IS 6 KM.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHAFER, P.A. CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF MONTANA. MONTANA BUREAU
Reference (Deposit): JACKSON, E.D. THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE STILLWATER
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOWLAND, A.L., E.M. GARRELS, AND W.R. JONES. CHROMITE
Reference (Geology): CHROMITE COMPOSITION IN THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MIN. SOC.
Reference (Production): CHROMITES FROM THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA. U.S.
Reference (Deposit): WIMMLER, N.L. INVESTIGATION OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE
Reference (Geology): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1071-H, 1960, PP. 281-340.
Reference (Geology): TECTONIC STRUCTURE OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA.
Reference (Geology): JONES, W.R., J.W. PEOPLES, AND A.L. HOWLAND. IGNEOUS AND
Reference (Deposit): STILLWATER COMPLEX, DEPOSIT REPORT, 1980 BOM, READ, WFOC.
Reference (Geology): JACKSON, E.D. STRATIGRAPHIC AND LATERAL VARIATION OF
Reference (Geology): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 358, 1961, 106 PP.
Reference (Geology): THE ULTRAMAFIC ZONE OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSITS OF THE BOULDER RIVER AREA, SWEETGRASS COUNTY,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1962, 96 PP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ANONYMOUS. CHROMIUM MATERIALS SURVEY. U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE
Reference (Geology): AMER. SPEC. PAPER 1, 1963, PP. 46-54.
Reference (Geology): JACKSON, E.D. PRIMARY TEXTURES AND MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN
Reference (Production): BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 6448, 1964, 29 PP.
Reference (Production): SULLIVAN, G.V. AND G.F. WORKENTINE. BENEFICIATING LOW-GRADE
Reference (Deposit): MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 20, P. 112.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 948-C, 1949.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA. U.S. BUR OF MINES R.I. 4368, 1948, 41 PP.
Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 18, 1937, 35 PP.
Reference (Deposit): STILLWATER COMPLEX, STILLWATER AND SWEETGRASS COUNTIES,
Reference (Deposit): 9 PP.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 684, 1973,
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN PART OF THE MT. WOOD & MT. DOUGLAS QUADRANGLES,
Reference (Deposit): OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX AND ADJACENT ROCKS IN THE
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J., AND J.C. DOHRENWEND. MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL
Reference (Deposit): (GRATON SALES), V.2. NEW YORK, AIME, 1968, PP. 1495-1510.
Reference (Deposit): COMPLEX, MONTANA. IN ORE DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., 1933-1967,
Reference (Deposit): AMER. MEM. 80, 1960, 230 PP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TABLE 1.
Reference (Deposit): HESS, H.H. STILLWATER IGNEOUS COMPLEX, MONTANA. GEOL. SOC.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, 8 PP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CHROMIUM AVAILABILITY---DOMESTIC, BOM IC 8895, 1982. P4,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SWEETGRASS COUNTY, MONTANA; SUPPLEMENT TO WAR MINERALS REPORT 390, U.S.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WAR MINERALS REPORT 399. GISH AREA, STILLWATER COMPLEX
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MONTANA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 948-C, 1949, PP. 63-82.
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.
