Contact Concentrator

Contact Concentrator is a gold processing facility in Granite County, Montana, near Phillipsburg. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Oct 23, 2025 and records 6 employees. It is one of 7 gold mines in Montana that are not marked abandoned, and one of 2 in Granite County; by employees it ranks 2 of 7 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Oct 23, 2025
Type
Processing facility
County
Granite County
State
Montana
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Phillipsburg
Employees reported
6
Operator
Contact Mining Company
Coordinates
46.3183, -113.2869
MSHA mine ID
2401648

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Contact Mining Custom Mill
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10148656 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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