The Sugar Lode is a gold and silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.60556, -113.32583
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Sugar Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sugar Lode
Secondary: Steel Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Wisdom Area
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: Jennie And Don Shauber
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Pioneer Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM ORE PILE ASSAYED 1.620 OZ AU/TON, AND 2.10 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS. LOWER ADIT IS CAVED. UPPER ADIT IS DRIVEN 69 FEET ALONG VEIN, 25 FEET ABOVE THE LOWER ONE.
Comment (Development): DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE UNCLAIMED IN 1972.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, SECTION 4
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 145
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
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.
