The Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims
Secondary: St. Lawrence and Monte Cristo.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Browns Gulch
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Smith
Home Office: Virginia City
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Gravelly Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 200 FT AND 60 FT SHAFTS. 320 FT OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Location): BULL 67 LOCATES CLAIMS AT SEC 32; MEM 31 LOCATES CLAIMS AT SEC 21.
References
Reference (Deposit): TRAVERMAN, REYNER, 1950, DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING DIRECTORIES, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL, MEM 31, P. 71.
Reference (Deposit): GEACH, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUR OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL 67, P. 30
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DIST-DILLON QUAD., USGS BULL 574, P. 164.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-03-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE MBMG MEM. 31
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE MBMG BULL 67
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.
