The White Pine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.6675, -111.95278
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White Pine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Pine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): LOCATED APROXIMATELY NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF CHARCOAL CREEK AND PONY CREEK. HARRISON QUAD MAP AND LITERATURE GIVE DIFFERENT LOCATION POSITIONS.
Comment (Production): IN ONE YEAR, 45 TONS OF SHIPPING ORE WAS PRODUCED. CHORAIN, P. 37)
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS TERMINATINE AT EACH OTHER, BOTH STRIKING ABOUT EAST, DIPPING 65 S AND 65 N.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM, INF. CIRC. 6972
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUAD, MONT, USGS BULL 574, P. 124.
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN; MADISON, MONT, USBM INF CIRC. 6972 P 36
Reference (Deposit): MONT, B.M. AND GEOL BULL 72, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969
Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHILL, BULL 574
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.
