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Ballarat Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019519
MRDS ID DC10740
Record type Site
Current site name Ballarat Mine
Related records 10124559

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48505, 45.79046 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH OF RED MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pipestone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 007W 33 NW OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result REPORTS DIFFER ABOUT ORE VALUE. SAHINEN (1950) GIVES A LOW AVERAGE OF 0.1 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Meagher
    Rock description Meagher
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.48505, 45.79046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Trends N77w, 65e.

Ore body information

  • Length 243.84M
    Width 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN BRECCIATE ZONE, 0.16 OZ AU PER TON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1867
Production years 1867-1950

Mining district

District name Highland (Fish Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Brooks
    First year 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST THREE TUNNELS AND SOME SHALLOW PITS

Comments on development

  • A ST. LOUIS FIRM SPENT $100,000 IN DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LATE 1860'S. THE MINE SOON PROVED TO BE A FAILURE (SAHINEN, P. 45)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 32, P. 45-46.

  • Deposit

    BASSET, S.R., AND MAGEE, J, 1869, MIN RES OF MT: HELENA, MT. PUBL. CO.

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 3

Reporter information

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

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