The Silver Strand Property is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.42194, -115.63083
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Silver Strand Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Strand Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: (Unorganized)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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: 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.
Type: L
Description: Branch Of Silver Creek Fault Which Trends Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): SILVER CREEK FAULT MAY BE CONTINUOUS WITH FAULTS IN THE ATLAS PROPERTY NEAR MULLAN, IDAHO WHERE 20 FT. WIDE VEINS OF ANKERITE CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME GALENA ARE KNOWN.
Comment (Workings): AS OF 1956 , ONLY A SHORT PORTION OF ONE TUNNEL WAS ACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Location): NEAR INTERSECTION OF ST. REGIS RIVER AND SHAMROCK GULCH
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-15-1963
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 .
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.
