The Gold Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,680 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.40639, -113.18611
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Gold Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Princeton (South Boulder Creek) 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: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
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: Royal Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): $87,018
Comment (Workings): 6 SHAFTS NOT MORE THAN 50 FT DEEP, STOPING TO GRASS ROOTS
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31 P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 248.
Reference (Deposit): MCGILL, G.E., 1959, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 31, P.30.
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.
