The White Pine Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.42083, -111.88028
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White Pine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Pine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Warm Springs District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Hoffman, George M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Elkhorn Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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: 9 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 0.155 OZ AU, 8.94 OZ AG/TON, 5.03% PB AND 6.70% ZN. U3O8 FRM TRACE TO 0.19%
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INTERMITTENT.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY THREE ADITS AT 5600, 5880, AND 5976 FT. LENGTH KNOWN OF ONLY LOWER ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B., AND CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 16, P. 19
Reference (Deposit): STONE, R.W., 1910, GEOLOGIC RELATION OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 470- P. 87-88
Reference (Production): DMEA FILES
Reference (Deposit): SMEDES, H.W., 1966, GEOLOGY AND IGNEOUS PETROLOGY OF THE NORTHERN ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, JEFFERSON AND BROADWATER COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 510, P. 104
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.
