The Montreal Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.57944, -118.38444
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Montreal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montreal Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 3668 & 3669
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Miller
Home Office: Hawthorne, Nv.
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, SML. LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Monzonite Cut By Rhyolite Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Production): $1,500,000 EST. TOTAL PRODUCTION WHICH SEEMS EXCESSIVE
Comment (Workings): APPROX. 2 MI. OF WORKINGS, SEVERAL SHAFTS, 50 TON/DAY CYANIDE PLANT PREVIOUSLY LOCATED AT THE KINKAID SIDING. LOADING DOCK, CABINS BUT ALMOST NO ROADS. A MINOR ACCESS TO THE LOADING FACILITIES IS STILL PASSABLE.
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCTION REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN $1,500,000, BUT THOUGHT TO BE EXCESSIVE.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT, AT DEPTH, WAS REPORTED TO FOLLOW A RHYOLITE-GRANITE CONTACT AND BEDDING PLANES. THE GRANITE, NOT SEEN ON THE SURFACE, WAS ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN CUT BY RHYOLITE DIKES.
Comment (Geology): METAVOLCANICS IN CONTACT WITH PLATY, TAN-COLORED SHALE.
Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE # 3668 WAS TAKEN FROM THE SOUTHERN MOST ADIT WHICH INCLUDED GANGUE MINERALS OF LIMONITE, CALCITE AND POSSIBLE LEAD-SILVER OXIDES. NBMG SAMPLE # 3669 WAS TAKEN FROM QUARTZ STRINGERS AND OTHER VEIN MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH WORKINGS TO THE NORTH. MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA, RENO NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., P 143
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL CO., NEVADA; NBMG BULL 58.
Reference (Deposit): MONTREAL MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE, JACK, NBMG #3668 & #3669 SAMPLE SITE VISIT, 5/15/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILE (TINGLEY FILES).
Reference (Production): F ( 1 )
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
