Bluestone Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101943
MRDS ID DB02223
Record type Site
Current site name Bluestone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14838, 46.35129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 3.6KM W OF WICKES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 18 SW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON WOOD CHUTE CR, 0.5 MI ABOVE SALVAIL MAINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result CARBONATE ORE YIELDING $48/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14838, 46.35129

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50N
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Isaac Nyland And Bros
    Home office Wickes Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, SHAFT. CAVED. LOWER TUNNEL IS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6050 FT; 100 FT HIGHER IS ANOTHER TUNNEL, AND 250 FT ABOVE THAT IS A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 49, 108.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 238.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 81

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 108.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CAN BE TRACE ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 600 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references