The Rosebud Mining Co. Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 2,881 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: 2,881 Feet (878 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.55139, -115.49167
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Rosebud Mining Co. Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rosebud Mining Co. Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Prospect Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults-Which Have A Direct Economic Importance. They Form Channels Of Circulation In Which The Mineral-Bearing Solutions Were Able To Deposit Their Loads. Large Faults Are Not Apt To Contain Economic Deposits As The Smaller Ones.
Type: L
Description: Snowshoe Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OWNER REPORTS IN 1905 THAT THE VEIN CARRIES SOME SILVER CHLORIDE AND OVER $100/TON AU IN THE WEATHERED ZONE AT THE SURFACE.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALL THE METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS IN THIS REGION ARE VEINS WHICH HAVE BEEN FORMED BY FILLING FISSURES AND REPLACING THEIR WALLS. IN SOME INSTANCES AFTER THE VEIN WAS FILLED MOVEMENT AGAIN TOOK PLACE WHICH SLICKENS, DEP THE VEIN MATERIAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D. F.; ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 285, P.51, 1905.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS AND MCDONALD; A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 384, P. 106, 1909.
Reference (Deposit): ROWE, J. P.; GOLD QUARTZ MINING IN WESTERN MONTANA, THE MINING WORLD, P 1034, MAY 20, 1911.
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.
