The Antelope Mine is a silver mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 7,241 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: 7,241 Feet (2,207 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.20583, -113.09944
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Antelope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antelope Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Olson Gulch 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1965
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: Mount Powell Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, DRIFTS, INACESSIBLE 1906, TRENCHES (DONE IN 1960'S)
Comment (Production): $60,000 SILVER ORE IN LATE 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 244.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 84, P. 32, 35.
Reference (Production): EMMON, 1913 USGS PROF. PAPER 78
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.
