The Larrigon Mine is a gold mine located in Ravalli county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.61667, -114.17972
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Larrigon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Larrigon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Ravalli
District: Hughes Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. W. Berggeren
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: 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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensively Fractured Quartzite
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH OF HUGHES CREEK, 1/2 MILE UP TAYLOR CREEK.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINE AND A MILL
References
Reference (Deposit): 1957 COMPILE MBMG., BULL 8
Reference (Deposit): 1977 RECON MBMG, MEM 44
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 8 , P. 51 .
Reference (Deposit): BERG, B. B., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN MOST RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM 44 P. 34 .
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.
