Overlook

The Overlook is a tungsten, molybdenum, limestone, general, and garnet mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 7,201 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: Overlook  

State:  Montana

County:  Silver Bow

Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Limestone, General, Garnet

Lat, Long: 45.82278, -112.45194

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Overlook MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Overlook
Secondary: Iron Cliff
Secondary: Denny Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Limestone, General
Primary: Garnet
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Highland (Fish 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Highland Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Boulder Batholith, Fracture Zone Limestone Trends N40w, 41ne.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A 5-FT SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.3% WO3 AND 0.47 % MO.


Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Limestone
Ore: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE AT CONTACT OF ROOF PENDANT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE. THE ZONE DIPS 55W ON THE WEST AND 55 E ON THE EAST SIDE.

Comment (Workings): 105-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT.

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 OF NE 1/4, SECTION 22, MARKED "QUARRY" ON MAP


References

Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 633

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 6334, P. 56-7

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 39, P. 42

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 72, P. 22

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 32, P. 47


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.