The Puritan Mine is a silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,699 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: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.33417, -113.25278
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Puritan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Puritan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAX AG WAS 100 OZ/TON.
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST S OF HOBO MINE, 0.5MI E OF TOWER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Deposit): SILVER-BEARING VEIN IN GRANITE ON LEVEL 2 THE ORE PLAYS OUT 100 FT W OF SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): LEVEL AT 100FT INTERVALS, BELOW LEVEL 2 MINE IS UNDER WATER
References
Reference (Production): USGS PP 78, P. 207.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 207
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.
