Blacktail Mine

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105769
MRDS ID W015575
Record type Site
Current site name Blacktail Mine
Alternate or previous names Linton Mine
Related records 10148603, 10241512

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.54454, 46.76628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1381
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MISSOULA, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N;012N 015W;016W 30;25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 6.5KM SE OF KAMAS MT.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GALENA CARRIES 1OZ AG FOR 1% PB, TRACE AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.54454, 46.76628

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A Few Miles North Of Montana Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description There Are Several Northeast Trending Faults In The Copper Cliff Area

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1947

Mining district

District name Garnet Range Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas J. Linton
  • Type Owner
    Owner Linton Mines Co., Missola Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON SIZE OF OPEN PIT AT THIS PROPERTY IN 1949 A 500-TON SINK-FLOAT PLANT. BULLDOZER PUSHED BROKEN ORE TO THE HILLSIDE ORE SHOOT, WHERE THE ORE ROLLED DOWN HILL TO THE MILL NEAR CR LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 11, 14-16, 31.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 39, P.28

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 14, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MR-15, 1962, P. 9.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 31.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL, IRREGULAR, BUT HIGH GRADE MASSES OF GALENA.
Deposit THE HECLA MINING COMPANY OPERATED THE MINE IN 1947 AND 1948. CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION DATA QUOTES THE YEARS "1947 TO 1955", ALTHOUGH CHART SHOWS NO FIGURES FOR YEAR 1953. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg 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.