Bob Evans Mine

The Bob Evans Mine is a gold mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bob Evans Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Flint Creek Range Area

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
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

Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): Original political location is Deer Lodge county. However, original lat/long place it 500 meters inside adjacent Granite county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-13-46N 113-15-23W (46.22944 -113.25639); UTM N E Z; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 006N, RNG 013W, Sect 32, Sect_fract . The location description 1 1/2 MI NW NORTHERN CROSS is aprocryphal because the Northern Cross mine is located 8 miles to the NE in Granite county. The reporter probably intended to say 1.5 mi NW of the Southern Cross mine. The original location is consistent with this description. The geonames location for Bob Evans Mine is 2 km ESE of the original location, safely inside Deer Lodge county. This location is based on a 1993 Montana Dept Transportation railroad map, whereas the original location is based on a 1935 MBM Memoir reference. The BuMines duplicate record 10245959 is located very close to the original location and is based on a 1933 MBM reference. In both records, the PLSS coordinates match the original lat/long fairly closely. Since the original coordinates contradicted the county name in both records, they were changed to the geonames location and the PLSS coordinates were cleared.

Comment (Deposit): CYANIDING OLD MILL TAILS FROM MINE

Comment (Location): 1 1/2 MI NW NORTHERN CROSS

References

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, 1935, MONT. BM & GEOL., MEM. 15, P. 20

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.