The Homer Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,249 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
Elevation: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.475, -113.24944
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Homer Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homer Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Maxville District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: John Long Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $5.00 AU, 13 OZ AG (1900)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): LODE DISPLACED BY A FAULT FOLLOWS HANGING WALL OF THE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 260.
Reference (Deposit): MCGILL, G.E., 1959, GEO. MAP OF THE N.W. FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
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.
