The Agitator - Concentrator Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.43611, -112.05972
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Agitator - Concentrator Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Agitator - Concentrator Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Ramshorn Creek) 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: Mcnulty And Swayze
Years: 1935 -
Owner Name: Moore, A.L., And Wright, L.E.
Home Office: Sheridan
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone, Ramshorn Synform
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Graphite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.2 MI N47W OF COPPER MTN OPEN PIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Workings): FIVE ADITS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED SILICEOUS ORE.
Comment (Development): STAMP MILL BUILT 1936.
Comment (Deposit): MIN RES US LIST AU ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTERS IN 1930-31, AND AMALGAMATION OF SEVERAL 100 ST IN EACH OF YEARS, 1933-MID 40S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 45.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6972, P. 61.
Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, P. 46.
Reference (Deposit): LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956 PHD, UNIV OF MICH
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.
