The Justice Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Justice Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Justice Mine
Secondary: Clementha Mines
Secondary: Justice-Clementh Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Rimini 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone Trending Northeast, Dip 70-80 Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY ON ONE SPOT ON JUSTICE DUMP WAS .026 MR PER HOUR. FIVE TIMES BACKGROUND LEVEL, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL NOT IDENTIFIED
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALS IN VEIN CRUSHED BY POST MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT ALONG FAULT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)
Comment (Workings): THE JUSTICE MINE HAS AN ADIT WHICH EXTENDS 220 FT EAST FROM MINNEHAHA CREEK RD. DRIFTS EXTEND ALONG THE VEIN TO THE NE AND SW. MOST IS CAVED. THE CLEMENTH MINE JOINS THE JUSTICE ON THE NE. IT HAS A 150 FT SHAFT AND MODERATELY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND LEVELS. INACCESSIBLE IN 1955.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1151, P. 110
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 1151, P. 110-11.
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.
