Nine Mile Mine

The Nine Mile Mine is a gold mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 4,902 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

Name: Nine Mile Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Missoula

Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 47.21444, -114.66333

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Nine Mile Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nine Mile Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Nine Mile District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: William Lamon, Metaline, Wa., And Bud Allen, Huson, Mt.

Owner Name: Lammon And Allen


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1894
Year Last Production: 1964
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Nine Mile Divide


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO SAN MARTINA MINE

Comment (Development): MINE WAS DEVELOPED FROM 1892 - 1907 BY THE NINE MILE MINING CO. LAST OWNERS BEGAN WORKING THE PROPERTY IN 1953 . MINE WAS INACTIVE BY 1964 . ; ECON.COM: AS OF 1964 , MILL CAPACITY WAS 15 TONS/DAY

Comment (Production): FROM 1912 THROUGH 1915 THE NINE MILE AND SAN MARTINA MINES COLLECTIVELY PRODUCED 10649 TONS OF ORE AND OLD TAILINGS WHICH YIELDED GOLD AND SILVER BULLION. MINE PRODUCTION 1916 - 1952 WAS N EGLIGIBLE. IN 1953 , BARITE PRESENT CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY IN TREATING THE ORE; AMALGATNATION RECOVERED ABOUT 65 % OF THE AU. THE GRADE RAN 1.0 OZ/TON AU IN 1953.

Comment (Deposit): TWO FLAT DIPPING VEIN SYSTEMS, ONE E-W TRENDING, THE OTHER TRENDS N-S. THE LATTER VEIN SYSTEM CUTS AND OFFSETS THE FORMER.

Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS INCLUDED 5 ADIT LEVELS UP TO 2000 FT. IN LENGTH

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , PP. 37-38 .

Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1960 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1959 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14 , P. 32 .

Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1961 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1959 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 39 .

Reference (Deposit): GEACH, R. D., 1965 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1964 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 46 , P. 27 .

Reference (Production): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , P. 38 .


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.