The Silver Dollar Claim is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 6,680 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: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.92778, -112.02722
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Silver Dollar Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Dollar Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Whitehall (Cardwell) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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: Bull Mountain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE CROSSCUT TO THE VEIN, PLUS PROSPECT PITS AND DRIFTS. ONE 50 FT WINZE.
Comment (Location): NW/4 SEC 18
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDQUIST, ALEC E., 1966, STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WHITEHALL MINING DISTRICT, JEFFERSON CO., MONTANA: MONT. SCH. MINES, M.S. THESIS
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.
