Quartz Hill Mine

The Quartz Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 8,399 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Quartz Hill Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Madison

Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 45.49778, -112.05167

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Quartz Hill Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Quartz Hill Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Mill Creek) District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Gateway Mining Co.
Years: 1967 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: THIN LENSES IN MARBLE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith

Type: L
Description: Quartz Creek Antiform, Plunging North.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): AT LEAST TWO SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT.

Comment (Commodity): GOLD DISSEMINATED IN IRON-RICH GANGUE.

Comment (Location): SE/4 OF THE SE/4 OF SECTION 11.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE


References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 41, P. 18

Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 574

Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP MBMG, MEMOIR 41.


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.