The Sylvia Mine is a lead, silver, gold, zinc, and copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,946 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: 6,946 Feet (2,117 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.30528, -112.89111
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Sylvia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sylvia Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta 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: G. Elder, G. Fleming, J. Collins
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS INCLUDE 1937, 1941-3, 1948-50, 1954, AND 1963-4.
Comment (Development): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): 4 TO 14 INCH VEIN CUTS FLAT-LYING QUARTZITE. OXIDIZED ORE WAS STOPED FROM 90-FT. LEVEL TO SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 90-FT DEEP AND A DRIFT 150-FT LONG RUNNING SOUTH FROM THE SHAFT. A 70-FT WINZE WAS SUNK ON THE VEIN FROM THE END OF THE DRIFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 62
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
Reference (Production): M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
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.
