The Bullion is a lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 7,461 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: 7,461 Feet (2,274 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 46.3544, -112.29220
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Bullion MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bullion
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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 (Environmental Factors): THERE WERE TWO DISCHARGING ADITS ON-SITE. ONE ENTERED SURFACE WATER AND WAS SAMPLED. THIS DISCHARGE HAD A FLOW RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 7 GPM, A PH OF 2.292, AND A SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE OF 2,610 UMHOS/CM. THIS DISCHARGE EXCEEDED MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR ARSENIC, CADMIUM, COPPER, NICKEL, AND ANTIMONY. THE TRIBUTARY OF JACK CREEK RECEIVED THE ADIT DISCHARGE AND FLOWED THROUGH THE TAILINGS. OBSERVED RELEASES WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC, CADMIUM, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC. ARSENIC AND CADMIUM EXCEEDED MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS IN THE DOWNSTREAM SURFACE WATER SAMPLE. OBSERVED RELEASES TO THE STREAM SEDIMENTS WERE ALSO DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC, COPPER, LEAD, ANTIMONY, AND ZINC. THERE WERE NO HAZARDOUS OPENINGS ON-SITE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX GRADES FROM B-002, PRODUCTION STATISTICS. RESOURCE QUANTITIES ESTIMATED BY EVALUATOR
References
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 1960, P. 25,
Reference (Deposit): ROBY-ETAL.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 1962, P. 22,
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG-ETAL.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1151, 1963, P. 101, RUPPEL.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MACH 1994, P. 5-83.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, 1935, P. 28.
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.
