The Elkhorn-Buckhorn Claims is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 45.82389, -112.60083
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Elkhorn-Buckhorn Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elkhorn-Buckhorn Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Moose 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
Owner Name: R. L. Clinton
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH AND EAST, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CENTER OF SECT.21.
Comment (Workings): CAVED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON ELKHORN, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS ON BUCKHORN.
Comment (Geology): GOLD AND SILVER CONTENT IS LOW ; GEOL.DESC: IN BOULDER BATHOLITH, LOW GRADE
References
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U.M., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS-HIGHLAND MTNS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL, MEMOIR 32, P.5
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM. 3
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.
