The Goat Mountain Vein is a silver mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Goat Mountain Vein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goat Mountain Vein
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Princeton (South Boulder Creek) 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
Not available
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SLECTED VEIN QUARTZ: 30.7 OZ/TON AG, 3.1% CU, 4.6% PB, 0.36% ZN, 0.22% BI, 0.57% SB.
Analytical Data: 0.1 OZ/TON AG, 0.13% PB, 0.1% CU, 0.032% ZN FROM QUARTZ VEIN
Analytical Data: FROM DUMP: 0.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.12% PB, 0.1% CU, 0.034% ZN
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR SUMMIT OF GOAT MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, UPPER TWO ARE CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 250, 246
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.
