The Meadow Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 4,170 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: 4,170 Feet (1,271 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 46.56611, -111.96583
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Meadow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meadow Mine
Secondary: Haab
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Clancy-Lump Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Haab, Albert
Owner Name: Mascot Silver-Lead Mines, Inc.
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: 1949-1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^34.2 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.6 % Pb, 0.05 % Cu, 4.4 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1936
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: Boulder Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CRUDE ORE SHIPPED CONTAINED 130 OZ AG/TON, 2% PB, 8% ZN, 0.05% CU.
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIAL RESOURCES ABOUT 3 TIMES RESERVES
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT FROM WHICH 3 LEVELS ARE TURNED
References
Reference (Deposit): SMEDES, H.W., 1966, GEOLOGY AND IGNEOUS PETROLOGY OF THE NORTHERN ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, JEFFERSON AND BROADWATER COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 510, P. 103
Reference (Deposit): ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B., CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 16, P. 43
Reference (Production): U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 510, P. 103, OME FILES
Reference (Reserve-Resource): OME FILE
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.
