The Silver Lode Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 46.33028, -113.27361
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Silver Lode Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Lode Iron Mine
Secondary: Silver Lode Mine
Secondary: Kentucky Claim
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Hughes
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1904 - 1950
Description: Cp_Grade: ^40% Feo2
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1905
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
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tremolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Scapolite
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SLOPE OF FRANKLIN HILL-JUST ABOVE ROAD FROM PHILIPSBURG TO GRANITE, KENTUCKY CLAIM IS JUST ABOVE SILVER LODE IRON MINE.
Comment (Production): KENTUCKY CLAIM HAS PRODUCED 1800 TONS OF ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1237, P.
Reference (Production): 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.
