The Unknown Ag Mine Park Lake is a silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.43861, -112.16111
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Unknown Ag Mine Park Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Ag Mine Park Lake
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Clancy-Lump Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.16 % URANIUM
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 8.3 KM SE OF RIMINI.
Comment (Development): PROSPECTOR ONLY USED HAND METHODS
Comment (Deposit): ONE VEIN SPLIT INTO TWO VEINS WITH INTERVENING ALTERED WALLROCK. THE VEIN ZONE IS A COMPLEX ZONE OF FAULT, VEINS, AND ALTERED ROCK.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, ONLY #1 & 3 PRODUCED. 2 CROSS CUTS IN ADIT #3.
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY IS GREATEST IN BLACK MICROCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ
References
Reference (Production): USGS PP 428, P. 67.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 67, PL. 1
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.
