The Flint Creek Mine is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.23639, -113.21111
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Flint Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flint Creek Mine
Secondary: Alliance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Red Lion-Hidden Lake 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Cable Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bismuth
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): W SLOPE OF CABLE MT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ORE (1890)
Comment (Deposit): A NUMBER OF VEINS. THEY STRIKE N6E TO N50E AND D1P CONSIDERABLY WITH BEDDING
Comment (Geology): RICH QUARTZ FLOAT ON SLOPE OF CABLE MT HAVE FREE GOLD
References
Reference (Production): USGS PP 78.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 84, P. 40, 42.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG INF CIRC 13
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 242.
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.
