The Graybird Group is a lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Graybird Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Graybird Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Carl Meine
Home Office: Dillon, Mt.
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1961
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Argenta Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Sericitization, Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, SECTION 29, ON CONTACT ZONE NORTH OF FERDINAND MINE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE CONFIDENTIAL
Comment (Development): SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN MATTER ALONG CONTACT ZONE CONSISTS OF A LENS OF RED-BROWN JASPER CONTAINING BLEBS OF STEEL GALENA AND CERUSSITE.
Comment (Workings): 70 FT. LONG SURFACE CUT WAS DUG ON CONTACT ZONE. PROSPECT SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1965 TO ABOUT 6 FEET DEEP WHERE THE ORE LENS WAS CUT BY A DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 53
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.
