Mountain View Mine

The Mountain View Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Silver Bow 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: Mountain View Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Silver Bow

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Copper

Lat, Long: 46.01944, -112.51667

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Mountain View Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mountain View Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte 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
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

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2-4 OZ AG/TON


Materials

Ore: Enargite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): DEPTH OF WORKINGS WERE 1400 FT IN 1905

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WORKS A NUMBER OF VEINS: THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SOUTH VEIN (AN EASTERN SEGMENT OF THE ANACONDA LODE); THE SHANNON VEIN; THE JOHNSTOWN VEIN; AND A NUMBER OF N-S VEINS BELONGING TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SYSTEM. ALL OF THESE VEINS ARE CUT AND DISPLACED BY THE MOUNTAIN VIEW FAULT VEIN, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BLUE VEIN SYSTEM AND THE STEWARD SYSTEM, WITH ACCOMPANYING ENRICHMENT OF ORES. GREAT ORE BODIES WERE ALSO FOUND ALONGFAULT FISSURES. OXIDATION OCCURS DOWN TOO 500 FT BENEATH THE SURFACE. TTHE ENARGITE ORES ARE LESS OXIDIZED THAN THE GLANCE-PYRITE ORES.

Comment (Location): ON THE SUMMIT OF ANACONDA HILL-NOT THERE NOW

Comment (Production): LARGE PRODUCER LATE 1880 THROUGH EARLY 1900'S.


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK, 1911, 1952

Reference (Production): USGS PP 74, P. 196; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1952

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P 196-203


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.