Amazon - Dixie Mine

The Amazon - Dixie Mine is a lead, zinc, silver, gold, and copper mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Amazon - Dixie Mine
Secondary: Sildex Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: St. Regis 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: Amazon-Dixie Mining Co.
Home Office: Box 469, Scott Bldg., Wallace, Id 83873.

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: Bitterroot Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Fault (Silver Creek). Throws Along Fault Range From 2000 To Several Thousand Feet.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ankerite

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD AND COOPER GULCH

Comment (Development): NINE PATENTED CLAIMS; MINE INACTIVE FROM 1929 TO 1977 , WHEN NEW EXPLORATION BEGAN.

Comment (Workings): MINE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INACCESSIBLE DURING THE 1950'S.

Comment (Geology): SILVER CREEK FAULT MAY BE CONTINUOUS WITH FAULT IN THE ATLAS PROPERTY NEAR MULLAN, IDAHO WHERE 20 FT WIDE VEINS OF ANKERITE CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME GALENA ARE KNOWN

References

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 608 .

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F. C., 1935 , DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM 15 , P. 60 .

Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 16 .

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-15-1963

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.