The King Solomon Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.
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King Solomon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Solomon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Clancy-Lump Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Marks, Robert L. And Barbara M.
Home Office: Clancy, Mt. 59634
Owner Name: Norman Peura, John Saari, And J. Reilly
Home Office: Jefferson City, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1889
Discovery Year: 1889
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: Dacite Dike Parallel To Shear Zone Trending Slightly South Of West
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOTS 1-2 FT. THICK, ORE PARALLELS THICK DACITE PORPHYRY DIKE AS SLABS OF SULFIDES. VEIN ZONE WITH ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE AND RICH ORE STREAKS
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 5 LEVELS W SHAFT (OLDER), 6 LEVELS E SHAFT300 FT LEVEL CONNETS SHAFTS. EACH SHAFT WAS SUNK THROUGH AN ORE BODY. AREA OF VEIN STOPED OUT 86000 SQ FT.
Comment (Location): N SIDE OF VALLEY OF CLANCY CR.
Comment (Production): $100,000 IN AG BETWEEN 1889-1911. SORTED ORE YIELDED 100-200 OZ/TON AG. BECRAFT ESTIMATES THAT OVER 1 MILLION OUNCES OF SILVER COULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.ONLY 6 YR PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1908-1936.
Comment (Development): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS: KING SOLOMON, MONARCH.
Comment (Geology): KNOPF MENTIONS AN APLITE OF TERT-CRET AGE AS SOME OFTHE HOST ROCK. RADIO ACTIVE MATERIAL WAS FOUND ON DUMP.
References
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 72, P. 13
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL BULL 58,
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 50, 63, 64.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 231.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 104-05.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 42, 106.
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.
