The Clipper-Columbia Group is a copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.72417, -112.55417
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Clipper-Columbia Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clipper-Columbia Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Melrose (Camp Creek) 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
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
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
Physiographic Detail: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, 4 Mi. North.
Type: L
Description: Slates Trend N 52 W, 41 E.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: 6 Inches Of Gouge, 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: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS SCATTERED THROUGH A VEIN RANGING FROM 4 TO 10 FT.WIDE. THE VEIN HAS THE SAME ATTITUDE THROUGH THE CLIPPER AND COLUMBIA CLAIMS
Comment (Location): CLIPPER MINE IS IN NE/4 OF THE NW/4. COLUMBIA IS IN NW/4 OF THE SE/4, SECTION 26.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFTS, 300 FT. DEEP ON BOTH CLIPPER AND COLUMBIA CLAIMS. BETWEEN THEM ARE EIGHT SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): SLATES BECOME MORE MASSIVE WITH DEPTH. ; GEOL.DESC: EXTENSIVE LODES
Comment (Deposit): TWENTY CLAIMS SURROUND AND SEPARATE THE CLIPPER AND COLUMBIA MINES. ALL WERE OPERATED BY THE ANACONDA CO., BEFORE 1917. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 92.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 25, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-10-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 574
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 32.
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.
