The Storm Lake Tungsten Prospect is a silver and tungsten mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 46.11417, -113.26083
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Storm Lake Tungsten Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Storm Lake Tungsten Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Anaconda Range Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Heaphy, Robert
Home Office: 800 E. Sixth Ave., Anaconda, Mt
Owner Name: Sunshine Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1910
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: Anaconda Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tarlach Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ABOUT 5 OZ AG/TON, 0.25% WO3
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): 40 TONS SILVER ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. AND CALKINS, F.C., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 78, 271 P.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 16.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1956
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.
