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Silver King Mine

Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070484
MRDS ID W013435
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Alternate or previous names Ozar
Related records 10245438

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.50425, 46.30128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position SOUTHWEST OF PHILIPSBURG ALONG SLUICE GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornish Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
006N 015W 05 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Newland Formation, Limestones;Neihart Formation
    Rock description Newland Formation, Limestones;Neihart Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.50425, 46.30128
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Silicification & Kaolinization

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 305.1M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Reportedly Controlled By Contact Of Limestone & Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Rock Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Byam, Charles And Norman
  • Type Owner
    Owner Byam, Charles And Norman
    Home office Philipsburg, Mt., 59858

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 10 FT. IN WIDTH; MINE CHARACTERIZED BY EXTENSIVE STOPING; DEPOSIT MINED WITH SLUSHERS & LHD EQUIPMENT

Comments on development

  • MAPPING DONE BY FAYRAM ENGINEERS CO., CANADA - 1976 ; ECON.COM: ORE WAS SHIPPED FOR SI CONTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W. H., CALKINS, F. C., 1913, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUAD., MT., U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 78.

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974. MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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