High Ore Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019672
MRDS ID DC11103
Record type Site
Current site name High Ore Mine
Alternate or previous names Montana Consolidated Mine Hi-Ore

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1981, 46.29434 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.9 KM SW OF COMET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 005W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF HIGH ORE CR.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1981, 46.29434

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E (QUARTZ VEIN)
    Dip 65-70SE (QUARTZ VEIN)

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY WAS DETECTED IN THE MINE IN 1951. NO RADIOACTIVE MINERALS WERE FOUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Howard And Alice Johnson
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1952, 1959, 1960.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 7620M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1100 FT CROSSCUT, ADIT, DRIFTS, 2 STOPES, WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 15, 31, 33, 103

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1952, 1959, 1960.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 103 USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DEPOSIT ALONG WALLS OF AN APLITE DIKE INTRUDED INTO QUARTZ MONZONITE (MBMG BULL 16). VEIN CONSISTS OF SILICIFE ORE DEPOSIT ALONG WALLS OF AN APLITE DIKE INTRUDED INTO QUARTZ MONZONITE (MBMG BULL 16). VEIN CONSISTS OF SILICIFED BUTTE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND STRINGERS OF WHITE TO BLUISH-GRAY QUARTZ (USGS PP 428).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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