The Evergreen Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 5,850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.46722, -112.24778
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Evergreen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evergreen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Rimini 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1942-?
Description: Cp_Grade: ^655 Tons At 0.29 Oz/Ton Au, 20.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 13.4 % Pb, 5.4 % Zn, 5 % As, 0.5 % Cu.
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Red Mountain Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5% AS, 0.5% CU.
Analytical Data: 5.4% ZN
Analytical Data: 13.4% PB
Analytical Data: 20.2 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: 0.29 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): $30,000 TO 1950. USGS PP 428, P. 59.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL UNCONNECTED BUT OVERLAPING VEINS
Comment (Workings): 1 OLD ADIT (1880), ANOTHER ADIT (1942), A LEVEL WAS DRIVEN 100 FT LOWER AND ORE WAS STOPED BETWEEN THE LEVELS AND 50 FT ABOVE UPPER LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): WEATHERED AND ALTERED ROCK IN THE EVERGREEN VEIN ZONE IS SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE
Comment (Location): E SIDE OF BANNER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 33, 59.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 51
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 31, P. 51.
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.
