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Bullion Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Uranium, Antimony, Arsenic
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  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. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105722
MRDS ID W014709
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Mine
Related records 10270230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29532, 46.35601 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Relative position ABOUT 15 KM NORTHWEST OF BASIN, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 006W 13 SW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • METAL CONTENT OF VEIN DECREASES EASTWARD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY ON MIDDLE DUMP IS .020 MR/HR. 4 TIMES BACKGROUND LEVEL. LOWER DUMP IS .012 MR/HR. NO. 3 ADIT (1935-1947) 0.04-.05 OZ/TON, 3-5 OZ/TON AG, 2-5% PB, 3-4% ZN, .1% CU, 6.5% FE; ADIT 2 0.2 OZ/TON AU, 9-9.5 OZ/TON AG, 1-1.5% CU, 15% FE;

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
    Rock description Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29532, 46.35601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 60 N
    Width 15M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occupies Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS INTRUDED BY SMALL DIKES OF TOURMALINE-BEARING APLITE. NEAR THE ORE THE ROCK IS CUT BY IRREGULAR VEINS CARRING TOURMALINE, QUARTZ, AND PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. M. Bullock, Basin, Mt 59631
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bullion Mining Co., Joplin, Mo

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1905-1947
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.94 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1947
    Period 1905-1947
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.16 Toz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 5g/mt
  • Year 1947
    Period 1905-1947
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^9.5 Toz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 300g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS INTERMITTANT BETWEEN 1905-1947. MINE WAS ACTIVE IN EARLY 1960'S BUT PRODUCTION NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAP SHOWS STOPED AREA CONTAINED ABOUT 50,000 ST ASSUMING 4 FT STOPE WIDTH PROVIDING AN ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF 30,000 ST. UNSTOPED GROUND IN PRODUCTIVE AREA TOTALS ABOUT 80,000 ST (4 FT. WIDTH). RESOURCES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 50,000 ST AT THE AVERAGE GRADE OF MATERIAL PRODUCED FROM THE LOWER (NO. 3) ADIT. RECENT PRODUCTION MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THIS FIGURE.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS, A SHAFT, AND SOME OPEN CUTS. LOWER (NO 3) ADIT WAS ABOUT 900 M LONG, MIDDLE (NO. 2) ABOUT 275 M, UPPER (NO. 1) ABOUT 100 M. BULLION MINE ON NORTHWESTERN EXTENSION OF CRYSTAL VEIN. ALL WORKING INACESSABLE IN 1956.; A FEW OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • 2 PATENED CLAIMS: BULLION, W BULLION. 1905 A 150-TON CONCENTRATOR WAS INSTALLED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 25-6.101

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 100, P. 9

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 527, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, P. 101-3.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 22

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 295

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT 2 A SULFIDE TUNNEL, MINED FOR CU AND PRECIOUS METALS, HIGH GRADE PODS; ADIT 3 CARBONATE TUNNEL, METAL CONTENT OF THE VEIN DECREASES EASTWARD;

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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