The Leiter Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 8,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.55056, -112.11389
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Leiter Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leiter Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Wisconsin 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: L. Z. Leiter (Estate)
Home Office: Sheridan
Years: 1933 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: 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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith
Type: L
Description: Ritney Synform, Fracture Systems Trend N 25 E And N 70 E
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 20-STAMP MILL CONNECTED TO MINE BY AERIAL TRAMWAY. POWER PLANT, CYANITE PLANT.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS, THE GREY EAGLE, STRIKING N 70 E, AND THE SHERIDAN, STRIKING N 25 E. DIPS ARE VERTICAL. IMPORTANT PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE SHERIDAN VEIN.
Comment (Workings): 600 FOOT SHAFT, 1,200 FEET OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): STRUCTURE AND FLOAT IMPLY PRESENCE OF MARBLE. (BURGER, 1967) ; GEOL.DESC: SULFIDES IN SHERIDAN, GREY EAGLE VEINS; RICHEST ORE NEAR INTERSECTION OF VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): MINE WORKED OXIDIZED ORE IN LATE 1890'S. COMMERCIAL SULPHIDE ORE IS REPORTEDLY PRESENT IN DEEPEST SHAFT. (MBMG MEMOIR 9). AN ATTEMPT TO REOPEN PROPERTY IN 30'S WAS NOT COMPLETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 57
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 137.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 42.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 41, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-28-1963
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.
