The Sir Walter Scott Group is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.28056, -112.87639
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Sir Walter Scott Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sir Walter Scott Group
Secondary: Argenta Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth
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: G. V. Elder, Others
Home Office: Argenta
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
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
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPES, VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Argenta 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 Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): GROUP COMPRISES THE SIR WALTER SCOTT, THISTLE, ROBERT BURNS, HUNTER, AND AMARANTH CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): MINES ARE ALONG WEST CONTACT WITH ARGENTA STOCK. NORTH TRENDING VEINS RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WIDE.
Comment (Workings): SIR WALTER SCOTT IS DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS, 60 AND 180 FT LONG. AMARANTH CLAIM CONSISTS OF AN INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 60 FEET ON A NARROW, NEAR VERTICAL VEIN.
Comment (Geology): MUCH OF LIMESTONE IS COVERED BY BENCH GRAVELS.
Comment (Production): ABOVE FIGURES ARE FOR SIR WALTER SCOTT MINE. AMARANTH MINE PRODUCED 1 TON OF ORE IN 1960, CONTAINING 200 LB, PB, AND 8 OZ. AG.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6, P. 70.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 15, P. 6.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 61.
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
Reference (Production): 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.
