Black Bull Mine

Producer in Fergus county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071315
MRDS ID W014642
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bull Mine
Alternate or previous names Globe Mine
Related records 10269847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.23496, 47.16048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fergus(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Judith Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Box Elder(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Fergus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016N 020E 07 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Syenite Porphyry, Sill Or Dike
    Rock description Syenite Porphyry, Sill Or Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Series, Thin-Bedded Limestones
    Rock description Madison Series, Thin-Bedded Limestones

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.23496, 47.16048

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Judith Mts. - Domal Structures Intruded By Lacoliths Of Cret.-Tert. Age

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE OR CHIMNEY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along Contact; In Limestone N Of Contact And In Narrow Fractures Alongside Porphyry.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner G. S. Abbott, Giltedge Route, Lewistown, Mt 59457

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1936 - 1942
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 12 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 339g/mt
  • Year 1942
    Period 1936 - 1942
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 0.4 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11g/mt
  • Year 1942
    Period 1936 - 1942
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 4 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 69 ST ORE. PRIOR TO 1936 PRODUCTION FIGURES UNAVAILABLE. IN 1948 100 ST ORE SHIPPED FROM PROPERTY.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDED SEVERAL SHAFTS, ADITS, AND SOME OPEN CUTS. MINE STATUS AS OF 1974 - PRODUCING & DEVELOPING.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY ORIGINALLY PATENTED AS THE GLOBE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, A. F., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - FERGUS COUNTY, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7544.

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.

  • Production

    ROBERTSON, 1960, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7544

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references