Colorado Tailings

The Colorado Tailings is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.

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

Name: Colorado Tailings

State: Montana

County: Silver Bow

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 45.99333, -112.55972

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Colorado Tailings MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Colorado Tailings

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Summit Valley District

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): Political location in the record is Silver Bow county. However, lat/long plot 600m inside adjacent Jefferson county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 45-59-48N 112-26-6W (45.99667 -112.435); UTM N E Z; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 003N, RNG 007W, Sect 23, Sect_fract . Lat/long agree with PLSS. DMS has seconds but location accuracy is said to be Est. Duplicate record 10124606 is located at N-45-59-36, W-112-33-35, well inside Silver Bow county. It is likely the reporter mistyped the PLSS Range, should be 8W instead of 7W. The lat/long was changed to that of the duplicate record. PLSS was cleared in both records.

References

Reference (Deposit): MONT. BM & G, BULL. 72, P. 23

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969

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.