The White Chief Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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White Chief Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Chief Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: So. Boulder District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES HAD UP TO 0.16 OZ AU, 2.5 OZ AG, 0.33% CU, 2.9% PB, 0.15% WO3
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOW MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL--SPOTTY MINERALIZATION, NARROW VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): W- TO NW- SEGMENTS OF QUARTZ VEINS LESS THAN 6 IN THICK, CONTAINING SULFIDES.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS (180 FT, 450 FT), TRENCH, 5 PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF 1590-C, 1983, FIGURE 1, TABLE
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.
