The Warren Prospect is a mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 5,840 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: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.76861, -112.70083
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Warren Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warren Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Divide Creek Area
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: J. W. Warren
Home Office: Great Falls, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH 1/2, SECTION 10
Comment (Development): 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ALONG LIMESTONE-GRANODIORITE CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS, 1/4 MILE APART.
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, D.D., 1963, TUNGSTEN RES. OF WESTERN MT; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. OF INV. 6334, P. 57-58
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 633
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.
