Lottie Mine

The Lottie Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,877 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lottie Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Tidal Wave 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Tripplet, V., And Shipp, J.

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
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Center Fault Trends N40e, 50w. Several Other N40e Trending Faults, E Flank Of Syncline

Type: L
Description: Northeast And Northwest Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Gouge, Brecciation

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: Neoarchean

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FOURTEEN SAMPLE ASSAYS APPEAR IN BULLETIN 24, P. 51.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): MINE WAS ONE OF LARGER PRODUCERS IN DISTRICT, BUT FIGURES ARE UNAVAILABLE. JOHNS ESTIMATES MINING OF 50 RAILROAD CARS OF ORE FROM STOPES AND RAISES.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FROM 1 TO 2.5 FEET WIDE, STRIKES FROM E-W TO N50W.

Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, 600, 200, 50 AND 100 FT. LONG, 300 FT. OF DRIFTS, 150 FT OF CROSS-CUTS, 30-FT RAISE, THREE 80-FT. WINZES. ONE SHAFT OF UNSPECIFIED EXTENT.

Comment (Geology): SOME CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS AS INCLUSIONS IN SPHALERITE.

Comment (Deposit): MINE OPERATED IN 30'S; CHANGED OWNERSHIP IN 1956. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, P. 51.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 24, P. 32.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-03-1962

Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 24

Reference (Production): MBMG BULLETIN 28.

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.