Mouat Nickel-Copper

The Mouat Nickel-Copper is a nickel mine located in Stillwater county, Montana at an elevation of 6,562 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: Mouat Nickel-Copper
Secondary: Mountain View
Secondary: Stillwater Copper-Nickel
Secondary: Mouat-Sampson

Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Sulfur

Location

State: Montana
County: Stillwater
District: Stillwater

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Bill Mouat, Billings, Mt
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1988

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle 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: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pentlandite
Unknown: Gersdorffite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1=N/CUM (MATRIX 1 IS NONCUMULATIVE) MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 IS COMPRISED OF HIGH GRADE AND LOW GRADE MATERIAL. ASSAY VALUES ARE WEIGHTED AVERAGES. MATRIX 2 COLUMN 1 CONSISTS OF 20.3 MILLION T OF HIGH-GRADE (M1C3) AND 58.7 MILLION T OF LOW-GRADE (M1C2). THIS IS THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLANT AND RESULTS IN A STRIPPING RATIO OF 3:1, WASTE TO ORE.

References

Reference (Deposit): COMM., 1983.

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, A. SENIOR PROJECT GEOL, ANACONDA MIN. CO., PER.

Reference (Deposit): MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reference (Deposit): ZIENTAK, M. GEOLOGIST, USGS, PER. COMM., 1983.

Reference (Deposit): ANACONDA, V. 30, NO. 2, 1977, PP. 66-67.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MIN. MAG. OIL CO. ARCO, PURCHASES COPPER CO.,

Reference (Deposit): BOW, C.D. ETAL. INVEST. OF THE HOWLAND REEF: MINNEAPOLIS

Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL. V. 77 NO. 6, SEPT.-OCT. 1982, PP. 1454-1480.

Reference (Deposit): TODD, S.G. ETAL. THE J-M PT.-PD. REEF OF STILLWATER COMPLEX

Reference (Deposit): R.I. 4431, 1949, 10 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, E. REGIONAL GEOL. AMOCO MIN. PER. COMM., 1983.

Reference (Deposit): ROBY, R.M. INVEST. OF CU-NI DEP. IN STILLAWATER. BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): STILLWATER DIST. MIN. ENJR. V. 26, NO. 3., 1974, PP.37-40.

Reference (Deposit): RICHMOND, T. AND J. ADLER. MIN. DEV. AND CONSERVATION IN

Reference (Deposit): ZONE JOUR. RES. USGS, V. 6, NO. 4, 1978, PP. 473-482.

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N. AND F. SIMON. DIFFERENTIATION OF SULF. IN BASAL

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 1038, 1979, 69 PP.

Reference (Deposit): EIS (DRAFT). AMC STILLWATER PROJECT, MONT. DEPT. STATE LANDS

Reference (Deposit): V. 169 NO. 7, 1968, PP. 86, 88.

Reference (Deposit): ENJR. AND MIN. JOUR. ANACONDA FINDS NICKEL IN MONTANA.,

Reference (Deposit): MIN. JOUR. V. 172, NO. 10, 1977 PP. 75-84.

Reference (Deposit): DAYTON, S. PROFILE OF A HEARING ON MIN. ENTRY: ENGR. AND

Reference (Deposit): AREA. ECON. GEOL. V. 77, 1982, PP. 1481-1492.

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N. STILLWATER COMPLX...EMPHASIS ON OCCUR. OF SULFIDES

Reference (Deposit): MT. ECON. GEL. V. 71, 1976 PP. 1352-1363.

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N. ETAL. PLATINUM METALS IN THE STILLWATER COMPLEX

Reference (Deposit): MIN. DEP. ANNUAL AIME MEET. DALLAS, TX, FEB, 1982, 24 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, R. AND TURNER, DEVELOP. CHALLENGES ON...STILLWATER

Reference (Deposit): INC. COMPANY REPT. MAY 16, 1969, 16 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 3 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, J. STILLWATER NICKEL PROJECT REPT. AMAX EXPL.

Reference (Deposit): HOY, R.B. STILLWATER ANACONDA MEETING. MEMO FEB. 9, 1978,

Reference (Deposit): AND US FOREST SRVICE, 1982, 212 P.

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.