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Justice Gold Mine

Elliston, Montana

46.4732°N 112.2833°W

Mine Overview

The Justice Gold Mine is near Elliston, Montana. Historically the site has been associated with the Rimini Mining District which is now part of the Deerlodge National Forest. The Justice Gold Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Production size when active was considered to be small. Mine operations consist of underground workings. There is one known shaft. Subsurface depth reaches a maximum of 46 meters (150 feet) and extends 488 meters (1,600 feet) in length. The ore mined is composed of tetrahedrite, galena and chalcopyrite with waste material consisting primarily of quartz, tourmaline and pyrite. The ore body extends 1.83 meters (6.00 feet) in width. Associated rock in this area is quartz monzonite from the Upper Cretaceous epoch 100.50 to 66.00 million years ago. The Northern Rocky Mountains physiographic province of the Rocky Mountain System characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

Site identification and general characteristics. Learn about USGS mines.

  • Gold and Silver Primary Commodity
  • Copper and Lead Secondary Commodity
  • Antimony, Arsenic, and Uranium Secondary Commodity
  • Site Record Type?
  • Mine Development Status?
  • Small Production Size?
  • Metallic Site Commodity Type?
  • Small Mine Size?

Mine Names

  1. Name? Status?
  2. Justice Mine Current
  3. Clementha Mines Previous
  4. Justice-Clementh Mine Previous

Owner Name and Address

Gold Hill & Lee Mountain

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

  1. Commodity Type Importance
  2. Gold Metallic Primary
  3. Silver Metallic Primary
  4. Copper Metallic Secondary
  5. Lead Metallic Secondary
  6. Antimony Metallic Tertiary
  7. Arsenic Metallic Tertiary
  8. Uranium Metallic Tertiary

Deposit

MINERALS IN VEIN CRUSHED BY POST MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT ALONG FAULT.

Location Info

  1. Continent Country State County
  2. North America The United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Notes

INFO FROM LAND. ST : (1954)

Meridian / Township / Range Description

  1. Meridian? Township? Section? Aliquot?
  2. Montana Principle Meridian T.8N R.5W Sec. 6 NW
  3. Montana Principle Meridian T.8N R.5W Sec. 6 SW

Land Status

Land status information.

  1. Land Status? Admin Area?
  2. National Forest -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

  1. District
  2. Rimini Mining District

Workings

Workings at the site.

Underground Workings #1

  • Type: Underground
  • Sub Surface Length: 487.68 Meters
  • Sub Surface Depth: 45.72 Meters

Workings

THE JUSTICE MINE HAS AN ADIT WHICH EXTENDS 220 FEET EAST FROM MINNEHAHA CREEK RD. DRIFTS EXTEND ALONG THE VEIN TO THE NE AND SW. MOST IS CAVED. THE CLEMENTH MINE JOINS THE JUSTICE ON THE NE. IT HAS A 150 FEET SHAFT AND MODERATELY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND LEVELS. INACCESSIBLE IN 1955.

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

  1. Role? Material?
  2. Gangue/Waste Pyrite
  3. Gangue/Waste Quartz
  4. Gangue/Waste Tourmaline
  5. Ore Chalcopyrite
  6. Ore Galena
  7. Ore Gold
  8. Ore Tetrahedrite

Orebody

Characteristics of the ore body.

  • Width: 1.83 meters (6.00 feet)

Rocks

Geological materials at the site.

  1. Class? 1st Order Name? 2nd Order Name? 3rd Order Name? 4th Order Name? Most Specific Name? Begin Time End Time Description?
  2. Associated Rock Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith) Plutonic Rock Granitoid Quartz Monzonite Quartz Monzonite Upper Cretaceous Upper Cretaceous -
  3. Host Rock Plutonic Rock Granitoid Quartz Monzonite - Quartz Monzonite - - -

Structure

Geologic structural features affecting or characterizing the site or mine.

  1. Scale Description
  2. Local Fault Zone Trending Northeast, Dip 70-80 Northwest
  3. Regional Boulder Batholith

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

  1. Division Province? Section
  2. Rocky Mountain System Northern Rocky Mountains -

Analytical Data

Results of chemical or mineralogical analysis on materials at or near the site

  1. Line? Analysis Data?
  2. 1 RADIOACTIVITY ON ONE SPOT ON JUSTICE DUMP WAS .026 MR PER HOUR. FIVE TIMES BACKGROUND LEVEL, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL NOT IDENTIFIED

Ore Control

Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.

  1. Text?
  2. Fault Zone

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Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

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