Bryzant Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102027
MRDS ID DC11343
Record type Site
Current site name Bryzant Mine
Alternate or previous names Deutschland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21809, 45.53907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 5.5 MILES EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 005W 33,28 N2 OF NE (33) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE EDGE OF SECTION 28.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Sericitization And Kaolinization, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21809, 45.53907

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North And Northeast Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND PILLARS
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 76 E
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N15e, 80e Trending Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL HIGHER GRADE SHIPPING ORE WAS FOUND ABOVE THE 50-FT. LEVEL. SOME MILLING ORE IS REPORTED IN LOWER LEVELS. ; GEOL.DESC: 2 FT VEIN; IRON STAINED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE PROPERTY OPERATED DURING WORLD WAR I AND THE LATE THIRTIES. THE ORE AVERAGED 40-50% PB, 2-4% ZN, AND 1.8 OZ/TON AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, TUNNELS, CUTS AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-03-1962

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 28, MBMG MEM. 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE ORE SHOOT 100 FT. LONG AND 3 FT. WIDE WAS MINED THROUGH AN INCLINED SHAFT.
Deposit PILLAR AT SURFACE ASSAYED 38% PB. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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