Silver King Mine

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013609
MRDS ID D010004
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Alternate or previous names King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34976, 45.61684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 6.0 MI S 33 W OF SILVER STAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Bridges(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 006W 33 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34976, 45.61684

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip STEEP 5
    Length 4827.9M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 1 SHAFT

Comments on development

  • SHIPPED AU ORE TO SMELTER, 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN RES US, 1916, 1939

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, PL 5, P. 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER KING VEIN IS AT LEAST 3 MI LONG
Deposit MENTIONED IN MIN RES US FOR YEARS 1916, 1939 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 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.