The Ferdinand Mine is a lead, zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.28111, -112.85528
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Ferdinand Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ferdinand Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ruby Nygren
Home Office: Dillon
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1868
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone, Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UNSORTED ORE CONTAINED 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 4.1 OZ AG/TON, 0.54% CU, 12.5% ZN, AND 10.4% PB. (SHENON, 1931)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): EARLY ORE WENT TO SWANSEA, WALES SMELTER. OXIDIZED ORE SUPPLIED LOCAL SMELTERS UNTIL SULPHIDE ORES WERE REACHED. SULPHIDES HAVE BEEN WORKED SPORATICALLY SINCE 1890'S ; ECON.COM: DIFFICULT TO PREVENT CAVE-INS IN CLAY-LIKE WALL-ROCK, ORES MUST BE SEPARATED
Comment (Deposit): SULPHIDE ORE ALTERNATED WITH SOFT, ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE BANDS AS MUCH AS 12 FEET WIDE. ORE IS SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED AT 80 FEET.
Comment (Workings): 245-FOOT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 70, 101, AND 134 FEET. WATER UP TO 70-FT. LEVEL IN 1972. MINE MAPS SHOW 134-FT. LEVEL FARTHEST ADVANCED.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SULFIDE ORE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS: PRE-1900, 1909, 1924-25, 27-28, 1937, 1940, 1943, 46, 1948-51, AND 1953-57.
References
Reference (Production): M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, P. 49
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A.N., 1913, MINING DISTRICTS, DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 574, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6, P. 75-76.
Reference (Deposit): MYERS, W.B., 1952, GEOL. MAP OF NW WILLIS QUAD, MONT: U.S. GEOL. SUR. OPEN-FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 48-49.
Reference (Deposit): 1931 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 6
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP MYERS, W.B., U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPOR
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
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.
