The Cliff Mine is a manganese and silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.33083, -113.27056
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Cliff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cliff Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hope Mining Co.
Years: 1913 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 35% MN, 33% SILICA. CONCENTRATE: 48% MN, 12% SILICA.
Materials
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): FIRST OPENED FOR AG.
Comment (Deposit): MN ORE 1 TO 6 FT WIDE, 50-100 FT IN STOPE LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES N25E.
Comment (Location): IN CLIFF GULCH, 1000 FT W OF THE BLACKMAIL SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND SHAFT (SHAFT INACCESSABLE IN 1918).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 212.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 725, P. 167.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1237, P. 31-57, PLATES
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.
