The Empire State Group is a mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 8,501 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: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.0625, -110.58056
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Empire State Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Empire State Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Crevasse Mtn.
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHIST STRIKES N TO N 40 W, DIPS 60 TO 80 E. LODE STKS. N, DIPS 80 E.
Comment (Location): LOCATED 0.5 MINE NE OF PALMER MTN ON SADDLE AND WEST SLOPE OF SADDLE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G, 1949, GOLD ARSENIC AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF JARDINE-CREVASES MTN. DIST., PARK CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 23, P. 110.
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW, H, ET AL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM AREA AND VICINITY, PORK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 82, 37.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-11-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE MBMG. MEM 23.
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B
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.
