The Berlin Claims is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 5,361 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,361 Feet (1,634 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.67306, -112.70167
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Berlin Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Berlin Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Melrose 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Olympia Tumwater Foundation
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: Big Hole Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POCKETS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Sericite, Recrystallization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4, SECTION 10, ALSO IN 15
Comment (Development): CLAIM WAS PATENTED IN 1890.
Comment (Workings): AN OLD SHAFT, NOW CAVED, AND AN ADIT. A SMALL PROSPECT PIT NW OF THE SHAFT EXPOSES THE VEIN. 250-FT. ADIT WITH 70-FT CROSSCUT DOES NOT EXPOSE VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): THE GRANITE PRODUCED MINERALIZATION IN THE COLORADO FM. TO THE SOUTH OF THE BERLIN MINE. ASSAYS FROM AN INCLINED TUNNEL IN SECTION 15 SHOWED 1.5 OZ. AU PER TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 95-96.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 146.
Reference (Deposit): DIR. OF MINT REPT, 1884, P. 291
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
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.
