Location:
USA, Montana
Nearest Landmark:
HELENA
Distance from Landmark:
35 km
Direction from Landmark:
South
Latitude:
46 Degrees 22 Minutes (North)
Longitude:
112 Degrees 6 Minutes (West)
The Montana Tunnels mine ceased milling operations on April 30, 2009, and the company placed the mine and mill on care and maintenance.
April 3, 2007
Reported the resumption of the milling of ore on March 1, 2007. The mine was expected to mill 4,500,000 tons of ore and to produce the following payable metals during 2007: 40,000 ozs of Au, 250,000 ozs of Ag, 5.215,250 kg of Pb and 11,337,500 kg of Zn.
March 2, 2007
Announced the mill was placed in service.The mill consists of crushing and grinding circuits followed by gravity gold, flotation and filtration circuits. The mill is expected to operate at an average of 15,000 tons per day for the balance of 2007. The products expected to be produced will be gold and silver dore, a lead-silver-gold concentrate, and a zinc-silver-gold concentrate.