The Silver Chief Mine is a silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.335, -113.26417
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Silver Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Chief Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hope Co.
Years: 1880 -
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: M
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): GRANITE IS SHEETED.
Comment (Workings): 1906-BECAME INACCESSIBLE A FEW HUNDRED FT EAST OF PORTAL, TUNNEL UNDER WATER.
Comment (Location): JUST E OF TRUE FISSURE MINE, S SLOPE.
Comment (Production): $62000 (1900)
References
Reference (Production): EMMONS AND CALKINS, 1913, USGS PP 78.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 207.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1237, 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.
