The Ambassador Mine is a lead mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 3,750 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.77528, -115.69889
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Ambassador Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ambassador Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Trout Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Sunny Peak Mining Co.
Owner Name: Ambassador Mines Corp.
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1939-1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.41 Oz Au/Ton, 3.4 Oz Ag/Ton, .33 % Cu, 1.98 % Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1929
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Selkirk Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nne Plunging Anticline
Type: L
Description: Bedding Strikes Nw Dips Gently Ne
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): VEINS ARE NARROW AND SPARSELY MINERALIZED.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY ADIT 1800 FT. LONG, 2 DRIFTS 240 AND 180 FT. LONG. DMEA LOAN TO DIAMOND DRILL THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): APPARENTLY SYENITE PORPHYRY UNDERLIES MINE WORKINGS AT SHALLOW DEPTH, MINERALIZATION IN VEINS MIGHT BE GENETICALLY RELATED TO THE INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Location): ON GRANITE CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 34, P. 48
Reference (Deposit): GIBSON, RUSSELL, JENKS, W. F., AND CAMPBELL, IAN, 1941, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BELT SERIES IN THE LIBBY AND TROUT CREEK QUADRANGLES, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA, BULL. 52, P. 363-380
Reference (Deposit): 1951 EXPLOR DME
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.
