King Solomon Mine

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Antimony, Uranium
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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019801
MRDS ID DC11585
Record type Site
Current site name King Solomon Mine
Related records 10148619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03171, 46.46657 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 8.5 KM N OF JEFFERSON CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(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 008N 003W 06,07 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF VALLEY OF CLANCY CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Quartz Latite Dike(Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Latite Dike(Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03171, 46.46657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dacite Dike Parallel To Shear Zone Trending Slightly South Of West

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip 65 S
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • KNOPF MENTIONS AN APLITE OF TERT-CRET AGE AS SOME OFTHE HOST ROCK. RADIO ACTIVE MATERIAL WAS FOUND ON DUMP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Year of first production 1889

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Norman Peura, John Saari, And J. Reilly
    Home office Jefferson City, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marks, Robert L. And Barbara M.
    Home office Clancy, Mt. 59634

Comments on the production information

  • $100,000 IN AG BETWEEN 1889-1911. SORTED ORE YIELDED 100-200 OZ/TON AG. BECRAFT ESTIMATES THAT OVER 1 MILLION OUNCES OF SILVER COULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.ONLY 6 YR PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1908-1936.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 295.66M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 5 LEVELS W SHAFT (OLDER), 6 LEVELS E SHAFT300 FT LEVEL CONNETS SHAFTS. EACH SHAFT WAS SUNK THROUGH AN ORE BODY. AREA OF VEIN STOPED OUT 86000 SQ FT.

Comments on development

  • 2 PATENTED CLAIMS: KING SOLOMON, MONARCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 42, 106.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 527, P. 104-05.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 231.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 50, 63, 64.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL BULL 58,

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 72, P. 13

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 106.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOTS 1-2 FT. THICK, ORE PARALLELS THICK DACITE PORPHYRY DIKE AS SLABS OF SULFIDES. VEIN ZONE WITH ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE AND RICH ORE STREAKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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