Mines in Deer Lodge County, Montana

Deer Lodge County, Montana has 276 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 14 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is gold, with 65 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Deer Lodge County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Anaconda Hot Springs	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
Bob Evans Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Browns Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Crackerville Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Daly Placer Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Dry Cottonwood Creek Placer	Sapphire	Placer	Producer	MRDS
Dry Cottonwood Placer	Gold, Corundum, Gemstone		Producer	MRDS
Georgetown District	Tungsten		Producer	MRDS
Placer Fire Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
S and N Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Snow White Quarry	Silica		Producer	MRDS
Trigger Mill	Tungsten	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Warm Springs	Geothermal	Geothermal	Producer	MRDS
White Cliff Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
(Facility) Anaconda Reduction Smelter		Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Abbot Property	Tungsten	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Alturas Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Anaconda Clay Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)		Past Producer	MRDS
Anaconda Quarry	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Anaconda Slag Dump		Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Antelope & Chain Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Antelope Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Apex Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Area North of Warm Springs Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Banker	Silver Ore	Underground	Abandoned	MSHA
Ben G Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Ben G Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Bear Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Bear Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Six Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Six Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Bishop Iron Deposit	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Black Chief Iron Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Black Chief Iron Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Moon Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Black Moon Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Black Shirt	Tungsten	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Blackshirt Prospect	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Blue Eyed Nellie Creek Quarry	Silica		Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Eyed Nellie Magnesian Limestone Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Blue-Eyed Nellie District	Lead, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bob Evans Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Boca Placer Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Bresnahan & Fenner Prospect	Tungsten	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Bresnahan and Fenner	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown's Quarry	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Bull Elk	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Cable Mine	Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Cable Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Cable Placer	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Calcabe Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Cameron Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Cameron Mine	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Cameron Quartz Lode Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Camp Silver Cloud Dolomite Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Campbell Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Carbonator Prospect	Silver, Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Carbonator Prospect	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Ceto Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Champaign Lode Claim	Silver, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Champion Silver Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Champion Silver Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Chicken Hawk Claims	Cobalt		Occurrence	MRDS
Clay Deposit Se of the Town of Lost Creek	Brick Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Conquest	Copper	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Cottonwood Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Daly Placer Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Deniff Quarry	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Diamond Placer	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Dickie Hills Ba Occurrence	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Dry Cottonwood Creek	Sapphire	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Dry Cottonwood Creek	Sapphire		Occurrence	MRDS
Dry Gulch Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Dry Gulch Placer	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
East Fork Prospects	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
East Foster Creek Dolmite Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
East Spring Hill Dolomite Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Foster Creek	Limestone, General		Unknown	MRDS
Foster Creek Dolomite Bluffs Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Foster Creek Limestone Bluff's Sample	Limestone, High Calcium		Occurrence	MRDS
French Creek Placer and Tributaries	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Garrity Hill	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Garrity Hill Area	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Gem River Sapphire	Sapphire	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
George	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Georgetown Placer	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Georgetown Placers	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Girard	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Gold Coin Mine	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Gold Coin Mine	Gold, Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Great Eastern Mine	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Great Eastern Mine	Silver	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Grey Rock Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Grey Rock Claim	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Gyp Prospect	Tungsten	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
H L M Prospect	Tungsten	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
H. L. M. Prospect	Tungsten, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Hanson-Meloy Prospect	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Helena Sand & Gravel Portable Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Hesperia & Minerva	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Hidden Hand	Gold	Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Hold Fast-Short Shift-Goldenwedg Mines	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Holdfast	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Honorah G.	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Hoodoo Gulch	Limestone, General	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hungry Hill Mine	Lead, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Jeffery Portable Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Jackpot Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Jeffery Wash Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Jetty Mine	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Jetty Mine	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Johnson Basin District	Tungsten, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Last Resort Claim	Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
Lost Creek Canyon Granite	Stone, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
Lost Creek Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Lost Creek Placer	Gold	Placer	Occurrence	MRDS
Lower Seymour Lk Mo Occ	Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Lucky Arrowhead	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Lucky Sunday Mine	Copper, Lead, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Lucky Sunday Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Luke Quarry	Silica		Past Producer	MRDS
Luke Silica Quarry	Silica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Luxemburg Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Luxemburg Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Madag Placer			Occurrence	MRDS
Main Range Beryl			Occurrence	MRDS
Main Range Beryl	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Matchless Lode	Silver, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Mayflower Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Mayflower Claim	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Mc Cabe Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
McKay Adit	Limestone, General		Unknown	MRDS
McCabe Property	Tungsten	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Mike Hannon Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Mill & Clear Creek Placer	Gold	Placer	Occurrence	MRDS
Mill Creek	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Mill Creek Occurence	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Mill Creek Occurence	Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Mill and Clear Creeks Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Minnehaha & Horseshoe Group	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Modesty Creek	Silica		Unknown	MRDS
Montana Claim	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Montana Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Moonlight			Occurrence	MRDS
Moonlight Prospect	Tungsten	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Morgan Evans Claim	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Mountain View	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Mystery	Fluorine-Fluorite	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
New Hope Lode	Gold, Silver, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
New Year Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
North Atlantic	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
North Silver Lake Dolomite Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Northwest	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Nw Garrity Mountain Limestone Sample	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Okoreaka Mine	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Okoreka Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Old Bonanza Mine	Tungsten	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Olson Gulch	Silica		Unknown	MRDS
Olson Gulch District	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Ontario Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Ontario Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Oro Fino	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gemstone		Past Producer	MRDS
Oro Fino	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Oro Fino Creek Placer	Gold	Placer	Prospect	MRDS
Orofino Creek Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Orphan Boy Mine	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Orphan Boy-Orofino Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Paregon Placer Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Pay Day	Tungsten		Past Producer	MRDS
Pay Day Prospect	Tungsten	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Payoff Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Places Fire Clay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)		Past Producer	MRDS
Pomeroy Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Portable #3	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Pumice Deposit	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Pyrenees Mine	Silver, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Pyrenees Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Pyrite Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rambler	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Rambler	Tungsten	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Randy Claim	Tungsten	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Reliance Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Reliance Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Revenue	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Revenue Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Rich Strike	Tungsten	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Richmond Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Rising Star Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Ruby Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Ruby Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ruby Queen	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Sager-Murphy	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Sager-Murphy Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Sand Hollow	Bentonite		Unknown	MRDS
Sheila Prospect	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Sheila Prospect	Tungsten		Prospect	MRDS
Silver Chain Mine	Silver, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Chain Mine	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Silver Heart	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Hill Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Hill Mine	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Silver Lake District	Tungsten		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Moss Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Moss Mine	Silver	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Silver Prospect	Zinc, Lead, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Prospect	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Prospect	Silver, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Queen Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Queen Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Reef Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Reef Mine	Silver, Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Sleepers	Silver Ore	Underground	Abandoned	MSHA
Sioux Placer	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Smith Prospect	Tungsten, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Smith Prospect	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Snow White	Silica		Past Producer	MRDS
Soledad & Iron Crown Claims	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Some Mine	Tungsten		Past Producer	MRDS
South Spring Hill Magnesian Limestone Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Southern Cross Mine	Silver, Gold	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
St. Louis Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Storm Lake Creek Dolomite Deposit	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Storm Lake Deposits	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Stormway-Morgan Evans Mine	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Stuckey Ridge	Limestone, General		Unknown	MRDS
Summit Placer	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Sunshine Mine	Silver, Tungsten		Past Producer	MRDS
Sunshine Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Timber Gulch	Limestone, General		Unknown	MRDS
Tip Top Mine	Copper, Lead, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Tip Top Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Tommy Prospect	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Tommy Prospect	Tungsten	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Tri City Concrete Prods	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Trigger Mine	Tungsten		Past Producer	MRDS
Trigger Mine	Tungsten	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Twilight Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Twilight Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unidentified Occurrence	Zinc, Silver, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Mine	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Mine Dry Cottonwood Creek	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Mine E of S Fork Cottonwood Creek	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Mine N Fork Dry Cottonwood Creek	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Mine Near Head of Sand Hollow	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Mine On South Stuckey Ridge	Silver, Lead, Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Mine S Fork Cottonwood Creek	Zinc, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Mine Se of Cottonwood Creek Guard Sta	Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Ag Occurence Nw of Gospel Hill	Lead, Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Cu Occurence Sw of Cottonwood Mt.	Copper, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown Cu-Pb Mine W Side of Gospel Hill	Copper, Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Corundum	Corundum		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gold	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gold	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gold	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gold & Silver	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Minerals	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
War Eagle Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
War Eagle Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Warm Springs Creek-E Side	Dolomite		Unknown	MRDS
Warm Springs Dolomite Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Warm Springs Limestone Sample	Limestone, Ultra Pure		Occurrence	MRDS
Warm Springs Pumicite	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Weathervane Hill	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Weathervane Hill	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Wildcat Nos. 1-40	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Wrath Hill Dolomite Sample	Dolomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Yellow Jacket Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS