The Iron Daisy Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 47.53083, -115.50972
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Iron Daisy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Daisy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Prospect Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Marr, Barlow And Barlow
Production
Year: 1930
Material type: ORE
Year: 1930
Year: 1930
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1923 - 1930
Material type: ORE
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: N - S Trending Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1931 PUBLICATION STATES THAT ORE ASSAYED 15 % PB, 6.8 OZ/TON AG AND $3.90/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON DAISY CREEK
Comment (Workings): AS OF 1961 , MINE WAS INACCESSIBLE. 1936 PUBLICATION STATES MINE WAS 700 FT DEEP AND WAS DEVELOPED BY A 60 FT SHAFT AND 4 ADITS 200 - 1800 FT LONG
Comment (Geology): MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF DUMP SAMPLES REVEALED THAT GALENA IS THE MOST ABUNDANT SULFIDE FOLLOWED IN QUANTITY BY PYRITE, SPHALERITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, TETRAHEDRITE AND JAMESONITE
Comment (Development): 5 LODE CLAIMS: DEFIANCE, ROCKET, TUNNEL, IRON DAISY AND SNAPSHOT. 2 MILLSITE CLAIMS: TUNNEL AND IRON DAISY. ; ECON.COM: MILL WAS ERECTED AT THE MINE IN 1928
Comment (Deposit): 1931 PUBLICATION TELLS OF A FISSURE VEIN WHICH DIPPED 42 DEG AND CONTAINED AN ORE SHOOT 150 FT LONG
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 34 , P. 32
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP. 32 - 33
Reference (Production): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 32 .
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
