The Nellie Barnes is a mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.4553, -113.16530
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Nellie Barnes MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nellie Barnes
Commodity
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND SHORT ADUTS WEREN DRIVEN TO PROSPECT FOR METALLIC ORES. PHOSPHATE ROCK WAS CUT BY SOME OF THESE WORKINGS. BED APPEARS TO BE THE SAME ONE AS IN THE BLUE BELL MINE. AREA IS HIGHLY FAULTED AND FOLDED.
References
Reference (Deposit): PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE
Reference (Deposit): REPORT, 106 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611,
Reference (Deposit): 145 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
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.
