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Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010823
MRDS ID D004809
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08422, 45.36322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 1.75 MILES ESE OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 012W 28,33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF SECTION 28, EXTENDING SLIGHTLY INTO SECTION 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation, Minor Skarn

Analytical data

Result VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED 0.020 OZ AU/TON, 20-54 OZ AG/TON, 0.40% CU, 0.20-0.80% PB, 1.30-1.70% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08422, 45.36322
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Polaris Fault, Small Shear Zones.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip 84 NW
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Polaris (Lost Cloud) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. P. Marchesseau

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS-1936, 1940,1952, AND 1958-59.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS AND A SHORT ADIT EXPOSE VEIN FOR A STRIKE LENGTH OF 150 FEET. A LOWER (CAVED) ADIT WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT VEIN AT DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 124

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A THIN VEIN, SUBPARALLEL TO THE POLARIS FAULT, CUTS SILICIFIED LIMESTONE SHOWING SLICKENSIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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