Montreal Claim

The Montreal Claim is a copper mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.

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

Name: Montreal Claim  

State:  Montana

County:  Lewis and Clark

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 46.99667, -112.10389

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Satelite image of the Montreal Claim

Montreal Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Montreal Claim
Secondary: Hudson Group


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Wolf Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: S. C. Hudson


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tenorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): UP THE SLOPE AND NE OF HONEYCOMB CLAIM.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 113


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.