The Prosperity Group is a copper and lead mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 47.28444, -114.89611
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Prosperity Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prosperity Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Keystone
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Light Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Nine Mile Divide
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10% PB
Analytical Data: .02 TO .48 OZ AU
Analytical Data: 100T: 600 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED VEINLETS
Comment (Commodity): GALENA IS ARGENTIFEROUS
Comment (Location): HEAD OF KEYSTONE CREEK
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS UP TO 400 FT LONG; 150T BALL AND QUARTZ MILL WITH 2 TABLES, TROUGHER, AND 6 FINISHED CELLS
References
Reference (Deposit): FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MT.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 20, P. 84
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1911, P. 69
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.
