The Big Dick Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.47639, -112.40694
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Big Dick Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Dick Mine
Secondary: Evening Star
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Elliston District
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 OZ/TON AU, SOME UP TO 5 OZ/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS - BIG DICK STRIKES N AND DIPS 20N. BLANKET VEIN - STRIKES E AND DIPS 20N. BLANKET VEIN CUTS THE OTHER AND IS THE MAIN SOURCE FOR THE MINE. THE FOLDING SQUEEZED AND CRUSHED THE ROCKS, OPENING THEM FOR MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS WHICH PARTLY REPLACED THEM WITH SILICA AND INTRODUCED A LITTLE GOLD-BEARING PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 1000 FT TUNNEL, 200 FT RAISE.
Comment (Geology): SOME QUARTZ CONTAINS LARGE COLUMNS OF BLACK TOURMALINE INTERGROWN WITH PYRITE.
Comment (Location): NEAR SUMMIT OF TREASURE MOUNTAIN (FORMERLY NIGGER MOUNTAIN). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)
Comment (Production): UP TO 1927 $500000 WAS PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 842, P. 265, MBMG BULL 98, P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1151, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 265.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 7, 10, 47.
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.
