Boss Tweed and Clipper

The Boss Tweed and Clipper is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Boss Tweed and Clipper

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Mike Anderson / Denimil Resources Inc.
Company ID: 2401407
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1986

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Environmental Factors): FOUR DISCHARGING ADITS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. ONE OF THE DISCHARGES WAS SAMPLED FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. PONY CREEK FLOWED THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SITE. SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED UPSTREADM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SITE IN PONY CREEK. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED. AN OBSERVED RELEASE TO PONY CREEK (SEDIMENT) WAS DOCUMENTED FOR ZINC. POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS OBSERVED AT THE SITE INCLUDED FIVE OPEN ADITS AND THREE HIGHWALLS (>25 FEET). A SAMPLE OF LEACH PAD MATERIAL COLLECTED FROM THIS SITE REVEALED A CYANIDE CONCENTRATION OF 0.394 MG/KG.

References

Reference (Deposit): REPORT 73, 1952, P. A-14.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, 1935, P. 47.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 121.

Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-162.

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

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY IC 21, 1958, PLATE 2.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6972, 1937, P. 34.

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.