The Fourth of July is a silver and gold mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Fourth of July MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fourth of July
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Garnet (First Chance) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BANDED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Deep Creek Anticline, Garnet Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PORPHRY DIKE ASSAYED $5.00 IN AU (1900).
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SHIPPING AU-AG ORE 1939
Comment (Deposit): NW AND SE VEIN IS CUT OFF BY FAULTS.
Comment (Commodity): 1.8 OZ/TON AG, 1.18 OZ/TON AU.
Comment (Location): ON A SLOPE 0.25 MI SE OF RED CLOUD MILL, 300-400 FT HIGHER.
Comment (Development): GUNN (HOWARD) LEASE
Comment (Workings): 4 ADIT LEVELS HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 300 FT, AND A DEPTH OF 450 FT ON THE DIP.
Comment (Geology): FOURTH OF JULY MAYBE A SHIFTED PORTION OF RED CLOUD VEIN.
References
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 20, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 20, P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 194,
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.
