The Cottontail Mine is a copper, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.19028, -112.95222
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Cottontail Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cottontail Mine
Secondary: Huron Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Blue Wing District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Spokane National Mines, Inc.
Home Office: 424 Hutton Bldg. Spokane, WA 99204
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): SEVEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): TWO NARROW FISSURE VEINS. ONE STRIKES N80E, THE OTHER STRIKES N65E. BOTH DIP STEEPLY SOUTH.
Comment (Workings): ADIT 700 FT. LONG, BEING EXTENDED IN 1940. VEINS ARE DEVELOPED OVER A LENGTH OF ABOUT 500 FT. BY SHALLOW SHAFTS, TRENCHES, AND SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Geology): BOTH VEINS OF DEPOSIT CUT THROUGH WHITE RECRYSTALLIZED LS & BLUE-GRAY LS OF MADISON FM.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 92
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 20, P. 5
Reference (Deposit): 1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G., BULL. 6, SHENON, P.J.
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G., BULL. 85, GEACH, R.D.
Reference (Production): GEACH, R.D., 1972, M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.
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.
