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Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019904
MRDS ID DC11889
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Related records 10232334

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59171, 45.52073 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position 21 AIR MILES NORTH OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nez Perce Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 008W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES SE OF MCCARTNEY MTN. SUMMIT; NE 1/4, SECTION 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidaton

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Kootenai
    Rock description Kootenai
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59171, 45.52073
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mccartney Mountain Stock

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN OF DRUSY QUARTZ, LIMONITE; NEAR GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mccartney Mountain District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAID TO BE RICH IN SILVER IN PLACES.

Comments on development

  • 2 DRILLHOLES, 2404 AND 2500 FT DEEP, DRILLED IN 1980-81 BY FREEPORT EXPL. AS MO PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL THIN MOS2 VEINLETS CUT BY DRILLHOLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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