The North Home Mine is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 5,361 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,361 Feet (1,634 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.18056, -111.73417
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North Home Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Home Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Radersburg District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Elkhorn Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust. Radersburg Anticline To West Of District
Type: L
Description: Deposit On East Limb Of North-Trending Radersburg Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 1880-1901 NOT RECORDED
Comment (Workings): STRUCTURE DEVELOPED BY SINGLE COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 759
Reference (Production): USBM IC 7592
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.
