The Park Mine is a copper, zinc, silver, and gold mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,501 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: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.48333, -113.04750
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Park Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Park Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Elkhorn 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bruce Risley, Et Al.
Home Office: Dillon, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1874
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Pioneer Batholith, Comet Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTER OF SO. 1/2, SECTION 14.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ON PARK MINE REPORTEDLY RANGE FROM 5 TO 50 FEET WIDE. GEACH REPORTS VEIN IS 15 FT. WIDE IN CROSSCUT ADIT JUST BELOW SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): A GROUP OF FOUR NW TRENDING ADITS, AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS.
Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN MINERALS REPORTED IN ORE FROM PARK MINE BUT NOT VERIFIED DUE TO CAVED WORKINGS (PATTEE, 1960)
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 107.
Reference (Deposit): PATTEE, E.C., 1960, TUNGSTEN RES. WESTERN MT.-MT. TORREY BATHOLITH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. OF INV. 5552, P. 37.
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, MINING DISTRICTS-DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 574, P. 170.
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.
