The Chloride Mine is a silver mine located in Missoula county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Chloride Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chloride Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Garnet Range Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Garnet Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicalization, Galena To Carbonate
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON N BOARDER OF SEC 20, S BOARDER SEC. 17
Comment (Production): "A FEW ORE SHIPMENTS UP TO 1916"
Comment (Deposit): PIPELIKE FORMS ARE VERTICAL OR INCLINED . ALONG ONE OR MORE ZONES IN WHICH ROCKS WERE FRACTURED OR CRUSHED, THE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY REPLACED BY SILICA.
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 660.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 229, 230.
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.
