Marietta

The Marietta is a gold mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 7,201 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: Marietta

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Park

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Harry Anders
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Nave, Alberta
Info Year: 1978

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

Unknown: Ankerite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrargyrite
Unknown: Polybasite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Galena

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADES IN MAT 1, COL. 1 FROM MBMG BULL 35, P. P. 24-39, (ASS DATA) GRADES IN MAT. 1, COL. 2 FROM MBMG BULL 35 PROD. STATS RES. QUANT. EST. BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EVALUATOR

References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL.35,PG.24

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7592, 1951, P.48-49, FIG. 18

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 30, 1962, P. 18

Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 665, 1971, P.42, PL. 3

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.