The Tiger Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Tiger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tiger Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Garnet (First Chance) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Deep Creek Anticline, Garnet Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RICHEST SHIPMENT 22.5 OZ/TON AU, 25 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY ALONG A FRACTURE THAT IS NOT KNOWN TO CONTINUE INTO GRANODIORTE, DEPTH OF 90 FT ORE ENDS, SIMALAR TO NANC Y HANKS RED ORE
Comment (Workings): 300 FT INCLINE, 1000FT DRIFTS, 4 LEVELS, OPEN CUTS
Comment (Development): 1949 OPERATORS WASHING SAND TO RECOVER PLACER GOLD IN TIGER GULCH
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRE-1900 WAS $40,000. PRODUCTION WAS ALSORECORDED IN 1931, 1934, 1937-1939.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED ORE BODY
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 660. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 31, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1931, 1934, 1937-1939.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 173-78, 187.
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.
