The Vermilion Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.91417, -115.46028
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Vermilion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vermilion Mine
Secondary: Silver Butte
Secondary: Carpenter
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Vermilion River 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Erickson, T. H.
Owner Name: The Silver Butte Zinc And Lead Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Cabinet Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SMALL GRAINS TO PODS AND MASSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Snowshoe Fault (Inferred Throw Of 6000 - 10,000 Ft) And Cabinet Anticline, Both Structures Trend Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED SAMPLE FROM ORE STOCKPILED ON THE UPPER DUMP ASSAYED 2.29 PB, 2.0% ZN, 1.1 % CU, 0.15 OZ/TON AU, 2.0 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME SHIPPING OF ORE PROBABLY OCCURRED DURING 1939 ; THESE SHIPMENTS MIGHT HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH THE MIDDLE 1940'S
Comment (Development): SIX PATENTED CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE DOMINION GROUP, THREE OF WHICH ARE NAMED THE ROSCOE, DALY AND DOMINION RESPECTIVELY ; ECON.COM: A 50 TON MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1946 .
Comment (Deposit): SULFIDE BEARING QUARTZ VEIN PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM 4 INCHES TO 72 INCHES BUT AVERAGES 25 INCHES. VEIN APPROXIMATELY PARALLELS STRIKE BUT CROSSCUTS DIP. SULFIDES ARE SPARSE WITHIN VEIN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS BY 1931 CONSISTED OF THREE TUNNELS 30,500 AND 1000 FT LONG. CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE WORKINGS AMOUNT TO ABOUT 1650 FT OF ADITS, DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, AND 145 FT OF RAISES.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK STRIKES N AND DIPS 32 DEG E. THERE IS LITTLE INTERLOCKING BETWEEN MINERALS AND RARELY DOES ONE MINERAL CONTAIN ABUNDANT INCLUSIONS OF ANOTHER. IN MASSIVE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE ORE BIN AND DUMP, TETRAHEDRITE IS RELATIVELY COMMON. IT OCCURS ALMOST ALWAYS WITH CHALCOPYRITE. SPHALERITE WITH LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF CHALCOPYRITE EXSOLUTION BLEBS USUALLY IS VEINED BY TETRAHEDRITE. GALENA WITH INCLUDED GRAINS OF CHALCOPYRITE ALSO CONTAINS ROUNDED BLEBS OF TETRAHEDRITE. ; GEOL.DESC: 7-10 FT QTZ VEIN.
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF LYONS GULCH
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 125
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP. 49 - 52 .
Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , PP. 124 - 125 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-07-1963
Reference (Production): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 50 .
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.
