The Carter Mining & Milling Co. Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.28083, -114.90167
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Carter Mining & Milling Co. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carter Mining & Milling Co. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Carter District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES OR KIDNEYS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Strata Dips From A Few Degrees To Nearly 90 Degrees Sw, Strikes Nw By Se
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS ON THE EXPOSED ORE SHOOT, A VALUE OF OVER $45PER TON IN GOLD AND 3.6 OZS. WAS THE RESULT
Materials
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.
Comment (Development): THIS PROPERTY CONSISTS OF EIGHT FULL,UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND TWO MILL SITES (IN 1911)
Comment (Deposit): MAIN VEIN DIPS NORTH ABOUT 65 DEGREES AND STRIKES NEARLY E-W. THE WIDTH IS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 2 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROWE, J.P.;GOLD QUARTZ MINING IN WESTERN MONTANA,THEMINING WORLD, P.1033, 5/20/11.
Reference (Deposit): ROWE,J.P.;GEOLOGY AND ORES OF THE CARTER DISTRICT, MONTANA, MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, P581, 9/23/11.
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.
