Nellie Grant Mine

The Nellie Grant Mine is a gold mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 6,821 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: Nellie Grant Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Jefferson

Elevation: 6,821 Feet (2,079 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 46.4403, -112.20080

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Nellie Grant Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nellie Grant Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Montana
County: Jefferson


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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Sparrow Resources, Ltd
Company ID: 2401441
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1981


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Environmental Factors): THERE WERE NO DISCHARGING ADITS ON SITE. THERE WERE THREE SHAFTS THAT DID NOT DISCHARGE BUT HELD WATER. SHAFT #3 WAS SAMPLED. ARSENIC AND CADMIUM EXCEEDED MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS. THERE WERE TWO MONITORING WELLS ON-SITE THAT WERE POTENTIALLY DOWNGRADIENT AND ONE SPRING THAT WAS UPGRADIENT. THERE WERE OBSERVED RELEASES OF ARSENIC, CADMIUM, COBALT, COPPER, IRON, NICKEL, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE WELLS, AND THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED FOR CADMIUM AND ARSENIC. LUMP GULCH CREEK RAN THROUGH ERODED TAILINGS. THERE WERE OBSERVED RELEASES OF CADMIUM AND ZINC IN DOWNSTREAM SURFACE WATER IN THE CREEK. CADMIUM EXCEEDED MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS. ELEVATED UPGRADIENT METAL CONCENTRATIONS INDICATED THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF AN UPGRADIENT SOURCE.


References

Reference (Deposit): P. 62-63, BECRAFT-ETAL.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 428, 1963,

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG-ETAL.

Reference (Deposit): ROBY-ETAL.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANTA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 24, 1962,

Reference (Deposit): MONTANTA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, P. 43, 1960,

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY IC 20, 1957, P. 23.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95, 1975.

Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-94.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES


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.