The Burgierosa Group is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.70694, -112.93750
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Burgierosa Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burgierosa Group
Secondary: G-W Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Quartz Hill (Vipond) 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George S. Gluck
Home Office: Ramsay
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
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: STRINGERS AND BUNCHES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vega Vein Is Offset By Left-Lateral Fault Trending N30w, 80 Sw., West Limb, Gray Jockey Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 25.0 OZ AG/TON, 0.9% CU, AND 4.7%PB.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): DOZER CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN ADIT TRACE THE VEGA VEIN FOR ABOUT 2200 FT. AN OLD SHAFT 17-FT DEEP SHOWS THE MINERALIZED ZONE IN THE BURGLIND VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): REPORTED DEVELOPING IN 1968. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): FOUR PARALLEL NEARLY VERTICAL VEINS, FROM WEST TO EAST; MADISON, JEFFERSON, BURGLIND AND VEGA. BURGLIND AND VEGA VEINS HAVE RECIEVED PRINCIPAL WORK.
Comment (Location): ON SOUTH FLANK OF GRAY JOCKEY PEAK
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES CONFIDENTIAL
Comment (Development): THIRTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 133.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 08-29-1968
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
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.
