The Australian is a silver and lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Australian MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Australian
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Amazon District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bannock Trading Co.
Home Office: Boulder, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1873
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FROM DUMP: 0.75 OZ/TON AU, 11.0OZ/TON AG, 1.10 OZ/TON PB & ZN, SMALL AMOUNT AS.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS 60FT DEEP AND 200FT APART ON OUTCROP.
Comment (Location): E OF AUSTRIALIA MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 21, 98.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, PL 1.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16, P. 98.
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.
