Kleinschmidt Mine

The Kleinschmidt Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 7,421 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Kleinschmidt Mine
Secondary: Little Olga

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Winston District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Finley Co.
Home Office: Austin, Texas 78700

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 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, LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust

Type: L
Description: Little Olga Stock

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Tetrahedrite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ASSUMING MINERALIZED AREA 2 FT X 1200 FT X 600 FT GIVES 120,000 ST LESS ABOUT 20,000 ALREADY STOPED GIVES 100,000 ST. GRADE IS 50% GRADE OF SAMPLE FROM CARLSON CROSSCUT.

Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF ADIT ON LITTLE OLGA VEIN KLEINSCHMIDT TUNNEL IS ABOUT 200 M SOUTH

Comment (Production): REED (1951) GIVES TOTAL PRODUCTION 4,354 ST AT ABOVE GRADE FOR 1901-1948 ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1901 ESTIMATED FROM STONE (1911) WHO REPORTS $25,000 IN AU AND AG WITH 5 LB PB PER TOZ AG

Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY AT LEAST TWO SHAFTS ON VEIN; ONE 200 M LONG ADIT FROM HEAD OF WHITEHORSE CREEK (KLEINSCHMIDT ADIT) AND ONE 1000 M ADIT FROM HEAD OF WEASEL CREEK (CARLSON CROSSCUT). MAJOR PRODUCTION HAS COME FROM LITTLE OLGA VEIN; OTHER PARALLEL VEINS EXPLOITED TO SOME EXTENT.

Comment (Geology): LITTLE OLGA VEIN CONFINED TO LITTLE OLGA STOCK. SEVERAL OTHER APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL VEINS IN STOCK INCLUDING CYNOSURE, IRISH SYNDICATE, AND VOSBURG.

References

Reference (Deposit): EARLL, F. N., 1964, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF WINSTON MINING DISTRICT, BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., AND SCHRADER, F. C., 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 842

Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592

Reference (Deposit): STONE, R. W., 1911, GEOLOGIC RELATIONS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 470

Reference (Deposit): 1933 GEOLMAP PARDEE AND SCHRADE

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.