Boulder Creek Mine

Producer in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities PGE, Palladium, Platinum, Gold, Copper, Nickel
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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124739
MAS/MILS ID 0300970066
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Jack Pine Project, East Boulder Project, Frog Pond Audit
Included sites J-M Reef

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.0873, 45.5028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2790
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enos Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Livingston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004 S 013 E 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM PGM RESOURCES OPERATING PLANS. LOCATION CHECKS OUT WITH MBMG, FOR "FROG POND ADIT" PROPERTY
  • Main entrance is over 2 miles NE of the ore zone (J-M Reef). The Frog Pond Adit was not selected for the final mine development.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 4
USGS model code 2b
Deposit model name Merensky Reef PGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name J-M Reef
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Troctolite
    Rock unit name J-M Reef
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Rock unit name J-M Reef
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Rock unit name J-M Reef

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.0873, 45.5028

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure name Folds

Ore body information

  • Name J-M Reef

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Production years Producing in 2011

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stillwater Pgm Resources
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    Czamanske, G.K., and Zientek, M.L., technical editors, 1985, The Stillwater Complex, Montana: Geology and guide: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 92, 396 p.

  • Deposit

    STILLWATER PGM RESOURCES, 1990 PLAN OF OPERATIONS, GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, BOZEMAN, MT.

  • Deposit

    MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA STUDY IN PREPARATION.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUR MINES OPEN FILE REPORT, MLA 19-93, APPENDIX A,NO. 134, P A-27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 04-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Updated name, location, references, geology

Beyond USGS

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