Boaz Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070466
MRDS ID W013411
Record type Site
Current site name Boaz Mine
Related records 10173150

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65529, 45.56018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF NORRIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 001E 19 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Formation, Gneiss, Schist
    Rock description Pony Formation, Gneiss, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65529, 45.56018

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Norris District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jackpot Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Period 1870 - 1935
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 0.6 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1935
    Period 1870 - 1935
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 4 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 113g/mt
  • Year 1935
    Period 1870 - 1935
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 5 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 141g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED 30,763 LB OF PB AT APPROXIMATELY 2% FROM 4,000 ST ORE TOTAL. PROD. YEARS 1870 - 1880 & 1902 - 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • 265 FT. OF SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO., MT., U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY ET AL, 1933, GEO. RECON. TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO., MT., MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 9. , P. 52.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, P. 47.

  • Production

    LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references