Silver Tip Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101940
MRDS ID DB02189
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Tip Mine
Alternate or previous names Reddings Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.00782, 46.36796 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position WEST BASE OF ELKHORN MTNS. 3 MI. SE OF JEFFERSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 003W 08 SE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF PRICKLY PEAR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized, Oxidized, Leached

Analytical data

Result ROUND FIGURES ASSAY OF PRODUCTION 17% PB, 2% ZN, $4/TON AU, 70 OZ/TON AG. SOME ORE FROM CERUSITE AND GALENA 500 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith;Butte Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.00782, 46.36796

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeted Zone Trends North, Dips Ssw

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS VEINLETS, IRREGULAR BODIES IN SHEETED ZONE
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 45 N
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Sheeted Zone In Quartz Monzonite, Brecciated Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Alahambra (Golconda) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Montana Silver Tip Mines
    Home office Helena, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hilda M. Redding
    Home office Helena, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • $10000 ORE PRODUCED UP TO 1928, BETWEEN 1925 & 1953 ONLY 6 PRODUCTION YRS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR TUNNELS, 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 16, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 240-41.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 82, PL. 1.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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