The E. X. L. Claim is a gold mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 7,300 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: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.79861, -112.43639
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E. X. L. Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: E. X. L. Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Highland (Fish 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: Shone, A. K.
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1950 -
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: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW/4 OF THE NE/4 OF SECTION 35.
Comment (Workings): A 10-FT DISCOVERY SHAFT IS 250 FT. N 15 W OF A 400-FT. ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): 3.5 FT. MINERALIZED ZONE IS EXPOSED IN SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 32, P. 50-51
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM. 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.
