Blue Grass Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019759
MRDS ID DC11403
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Grass Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.97478, 45.15962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1 MILES EAST OF BANNACK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 011W 05 SW OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetradymite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetization, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bannack Stock
    Rock description Bannack Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.97478, 45.15962

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrust Fault Zone Is Exposed In Mine. Dike Trends N50e; 60n.

Ore body information

  • Width 8046.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granodiorite/Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1863
Production years PRE-1930

Mining district

District name Bannack District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New York-Montana Co.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE ALONG CONTACT WAS MINED FROM AN OPEN CUT 40 METERS LONG AND 7 METERS WIDE.

Comments on development

  • BLUE GRASS AND GOLD BUG CLAIMS WERE PATENTED ON GROUND ORIGINALLY OCCUPIED BY THE DAKOTA CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 42-43.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 81-83.

  • Deposit

    1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 6

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT VEINS AVERAGE 1 METER IN WIDTH AND LOCALLY ATTAIN 5 METERS. VEINS ARE NOT CONTINUOUS ALONG THE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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