It is part of the great falls, montana, metropolitan statistical area. The community includes the zortman motel and the buckhorn store and cabins. A state guide book viking press, 1939 classic guide to history. Our idaho area is on the montana idaho border near lolo mt. Written by montana historical society staff and drawing on the expertise of historians from around the state, this book includes entries describing towns and cities, geographic features, parks and battlefields, properties on the national register of historic places, and more. The authors are both highly respected montana geologi sts who know the state inside and out and who spent years creating this beautiful new revision. Mining claim owners in zortman, montana the diggings. Chapter 1 educator resources montana historical society. It is one of only three places in the world where neihart quartzitereddish, coarsegrained sandstone with interbedded darkgreen sandstone and shalemay be found. The companys mailing address is po box 216, zortman, mt 59546. Geologic map of the zortman 30 x 60 quadrangle, central montana. Spanning some 1,200 cumulative acres, the zortman and landusky mines are located two miles apart, in the little rocky mountains of northcentral montana.
This book is designed to be dogeared and marked up, stashed in a handy place until yet another name provokes your curiosity. Includes text, conversion table, declination diagram, index to adjoining maps, location map, township diagram, and index to 1. Both mines are near the southern boundary of the fort belknap indian reservation in the southwest corner of phillips county. Geology field camp montana state university home facebook. Thus, zortman has once again switched its roles from a bustling prosperous mining town to a quaint and nostalgic village of approximately 60 residents. Hastings, 1988 this paper discusses the history and development of the gold deposits of the zortmanlandusky mine. While the past two centuries have changed the way people live in montana, the names given to some rivers, mountain ranges, cities, and towns have persisted, while others have changed with time. Geology field camp montana state university added a new photo to the album. Roadside geology of montana, 2nd edition ice age floods institute. She married harry donaldson in 1924, but was widowed by 1940 and living with her mother katie in zortman. Neihart is a town in cascade county, montana, united states.
Geology, hydrothermal alteration, and geographic information system analysis of the zortman mine area, montana. The lesson uses the book, montana place names from zortman to alzada, or the free, montana place name website to learn more about the state while improving their mapreading. Instead, i keep montana place names in my glove box and pull it out as a conversation starter on road trips across the state. As long as humans have inhabited montana they have named places. The buckhorn store is the only store in the community. I marked this book as read, but to be fair i havent read it cover to cover.
If you come to their meetings and sign up you can dig there. These maps are produced by the geographic information program of the montana state library from its public land ownership database. It is likely that the indians knew of the gold, for they are believed to have shown samples of the yellow metal to two french priests who visited them in the middle 1860s. Stratigraphic relations with the partly equivalent deadwood formation are shown by means of fossil zonation. Sep, 2018 fort belknap located high in the little rocky mountains south of this reservation in northcentral montana, views are expansive at the former zortman landusky gold and silver mines. Nov 14, 2016 this resource is a geologic map of the zortman quadrangle in central montana. Burials date back to early 1900s and extend to present day.
The following works deal with the cultural, political, economic, military, biographical and geologic history of preterritorial montana, montana territory. At present the mining operation is undergoing a reclamation plan. Cyanide heap leach gold mining began in 1980 with 1. The maps depict public land ownership and several categories of land management. Graduate thesis or dissertation geology, hydrothermal. It is often clear but can have a translucent white, gray, yellowish, or reddish brown base color. Other resources available include educational trunks. For more than two years, five staff members from the montana historical society research center in helena researched montana s varied place names. Gold has been produced from the sediments of many streams. This mine was developed on a diatreme breccia emplaced along the faulted contact between andesitic volcaniclastic rocks late cretaceous elkhorn mountains volcanics, and a sequence of quartz.
It describes in great detail the geology along all the major roadways in montana which amounts to 460 pages of clearly written text, beautiful maps, and color photos. Low grade, heap leachable, goldsilver deposits at zortman and landusky are. San andreas fault at palmdale, ca geology, san andreas. Central montana prospectors coalition treasure hunting year 2. I started hunting our area near zortman in the late 70s and continue to do so today. Zortman has a post office with zip code 59546 the community includes the zortman motel and the buckhorn store and cabins. Geochemistry of porphyryhosted auag deposits in the little. Best places in montana, off the beaten path travelingmel. Genevieve whitcomb was born in 1895 near zortman, montana. May 10, 2020 these days the towns of zortman and landusky, nestled in the little rockies of montana, have a reputation for recreation and small town friendliness. Geologically, the section of the range in wyoming consists of volcanic breccia, whereas there is a transition to granite and gneiss bedrock further north of the state line absaroka volcanic province. The zortman mine is a gold mine located in phillips county, montana at an elevation of 4600 feet. Jan 15, 2021 gold deposits of zortmanlandusky, little rocky mountains, montana. Our montana outfitting and guide business for mule deer, coyote and prairie dog hunting is based near the historic mining town of zortman, montana.
Gold, silver, and numerous other metals have been produced from hard rock deposits table of contents. Using a montana state highway map as their guide, they set out to find the history behind the naming of more than 1,000 montana places. Learn about the geology of your favorite state as seen. Central montana prospectors coalition featured rocks. Geologic map of the zortman 30 x 60 quadrangle central montana. Montana place names from alzada to zortman explores the origins of more than 1,200 place names. The town was named after oliver pete zortman, who with a partner constructed a mill near zortman that allowed processing of the lowergrade ores in the area. October 1996 the montana department of environmental quality and the federal blm approve the firms 11th expansion request, giving it permits to triple the acreage mined by zortman landusky, from. Zortman s mining revival came around in 1979 but the era of prosperity ended in 1998. Zortman, montana zortman relief shown by contours and spot heights.
Geologic map of the zortman 30 x 60 quadrangle, central. This would be a good chapter to use for a multidisciplinary unit with science. Geologic information is provided about the regional setting, structural geology, sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks, and ore deposits of the area. Zortman is a censusdesignated place and unincorporated community in phillips county, montana, united states. Contact redbone outfitting in zortman, montana for all. This place is situated in phillips county, montana, united states, its geographical coordinates are 47 55 4 north, 108 31 32 west and its original name with diacritics is zortman. January 5, 2015 colter anderson and colleagues figuring out the structure at frying pan basin, montana. The worlds largest ice age floods left ripples up to 50 feet high as glacial lake missoula catastrophically drained from western montana. The rise and fall of a gold mining company high country. Mountain press, 1986 is an excellent resource for studying the geology of your area. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit.
Public and private land ownership maps zortman, montana public land ownership map. Winner 2015 outstanding geologic field trip guidebook series award from the geoscience information society. Whitepages is the authority in people search, established in 1997. It is located in the center of little belt mountains. The companys filing status is listed as active good standing and its file number is a207747. Many mines were sunk into the mountainsides, the most prosperous being the ruby gulch in 1904. This october at the symposium in butte sponsored by the montana bureau of mining and geology there was an entire day devoted to the rock with a used book sale on all rock topics and a sale of minerals, gems and certificates with a variety of choices.
Contact redbone outfitting in zortman, montana for all your. Central montana prospectors coalition treasure hunting. The zortman and landusky mining areas in the little rocky mountains produce au and ag from fracture systems filled with clay minerals and low concentrations of aubearing pyrite within the intrusive rocks. From 1903 to 1912, the towns of landusky, zortman and ruby first called whitcomb.
Ive learned oodles about the states history and never since been bored on a long trip as a result. Exploration and development history of gold mining at the zortman. Filter 9 mining claim owners by relationship and category in zortman, montana. Roadside geology of montana, by david alt and donald hyndman missoula. The range stretches about 150 mi 240 km across the montana wyoming border, and 75 miles at its widest, forming the eastern boundary of yellowstone national park along paradise valley, and the western side of the bighorn basin. Montana book of days365 days365 storiesthe short course in montana history. Since 1972, mountain presss roadside geology series has been providing geology enthusiasts with fascinating and accessible information for states and provinces in the united states and canada. Listing claims originally filed between the 2020s and the. Smith wild game cutting in zortman, mt company info. Now, nearly 50 years after the first book, mountain press is releasing this completely revised fullcolor second edition that, like so many things in montana, is big. This nickname was inspired by the many mineral resources that are found in montana.
Biennial report of the montana bureau of mines and geology, a department of the montana school of mines to the legislative assembly, july 1, 1962 to june 30, 1964, butte, 1964, pb, 30 pages, 6 appendices, 6 figs. Zortman white pages phone books in montana mt whitepages. She married lindsay pilkey in 1921, and the couple had three children, robert, donald, and elizabeth. On a recent trip to central montana and montana s missouri river country we got to know montana off the beaten path even better. The treasure state one of montana s popular nicknames is the treasure state. Among montana s most enduring legacies are the names assigned to its geographic features and places found on the state map. Montana state symbols from the montana historical society. Some of the best places to visit in montana during the 2020 pandemic are the same places wed want to travel any time.
With comprehensive contact information, including cell phone numbers, for over 275 million people nationwide, and whitepages smartcheck, the fast, comprehensive background check compiled from criminal and other records from all 50 states. Public and private land ownership maps zortman, montana. Blood and gold both have a place in history of zortman and. It is our company policy to be refunded for defective parts and equipment we purchase for our buisness online. Included is a detailed text description of the map, and a crosssection, as well as a scaled down, tiled version of the map for printing to legalsized paper.
I am collecting the entire roadside geology and geology underfoot series because they are excellent books that address specific areas of the united states. Montana moss agate is a transparent to translucent chalcedony found in the yellowstone river basin of southeastern montana. Listing claims originally filed between the 2020s and the 1920s. This resource is a geologic map of the zortman quadrangle in central montana. Kathleen patricia whitcomb was born in 1897 in townsend, montana.
Written by montana historical society staff and drawing on the expertise of historians from around the state, this book includes entries describing towns and cities, geographic features, parks and battlefields, properties on the national. Smith wild game cutting is a montana assumed name filed on october 10, 2012. The geology and ore deposits of the ruby gulch mine core. The montana historical society has created a lesson plan that has students mapping a route across montana, while collecting information about the places along their route. Geologic map of the zortman 30 x 60 quadrangle central montana compiled and mapped by karen w. The montana bureau of mines and geology butte, montana may 12th, 2017. Geochemistry of porphyryhosted auag deposits in the. Roadside geology of montana roadside geology series. Filter 3,308 mining claims by commodity, decade, disposition, and type in zortman, montana. Igneous rocks of the absaroka volcanic province cover an area of approximately 23,000 km 2 8,900 sq mi.
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