Corn Cracker Mine

The Corn Cracker Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Corn Cracker Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Tidal Wave District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Steiner, Missoula; Bugdon, Twin Bridges

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

Form: LENS-LIKE SULPHIDE BANDS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Strong Fissure Zone Trending N30e, 75e North Trending Syncline.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intensive Hypogene Action, Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT OF CU PRODUCED FROM 1921-1935.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, PLUS STOPES. THE CORNCRACKER VEIN ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 650 FT LONG.

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6972, P. 68.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 24, P. 40.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-03-1961

Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON MBMG MEMOIR 9

Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972, MBMG BULL. 24

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 38.

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.