The Silver Cable Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.48, -115.62056
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Silver Cable Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Cable Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Packer 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of Subparallel Faults And Folds. Major Fault Is The Osburn. This Fault Seems To Demarcate A Change In Folding Form With Folds To The North Showing Signs Of More Intense Structural Deformation Than Those To The South.
Type: L
Description: Small Scale Generally Ne Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults Are Present
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Within A Belt Approximately 1 Mi Wide Along The North Side Of The Osburn Fault Zone. It Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits.
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SAMPLE IS SAID TO ASSAY 11 % ZN AND 24 % PB
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN REPLACES WALL ROCK IN PART, AS WELL AS FILLING FRACTURES ALONG CAVITIES. ORIENTATION OF VEIN IS DIFFERENT THAN THE GENERAL NW ORIENTATION OF VEINS WITHIN THE MINING AREA.
Comment (Location): NEAR THE HEAD OF BRIMSTONE CREEK
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE ON THREE LEVELS AS OF 1956 ONLY THE LOWER LEVEL WAS COMPLETELY ACCESSIBLE; THE UPPER LEVEL WAS PARTLY ACCESSIBLE. ACCORDING TO 1914 PUBLICATION, THE BEST SHOWING OF ORE WAS IN THE HIGHEST TUNNEL; THE LOWEST LEVEL DID NOT SHOW ANY ORE.
Comment (Geology): HOST BEDS STRIKE APPROX. E AND DIP FROM 45 DEG S TO 50 DEG N, WITH THE NORTHERLY DIPPING BEDS BEING OVERTURNED. REVETT & BURKE FORMATIONS SEPARATED BY A FAULT.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 190
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, PP. 603 - 604 .
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 190 .
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.
