The Montana Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,741 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,741 Feet (1,750 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.15944, -103.74389
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Montana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Rochford 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.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dr. R. A. Vallier Of Deadwood, South Dakota
Owner Name: Francis C. Lincoln
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Strongly Folded Rocks With General Strike N 20 Deg W
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Cummingtonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): A 6 BY 8, 101 FT SHAFT; 495 FT ADIT AT N 15 W TO THE BASE OF THE SHAFT; 444 FT OF LATERAL DRIFTING ON THE 100 FT LEVEL; 25 FT OF DRIFTING ON THE 60 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, SE 1/4 ON THE MAP. (ONE SOURCE, HOWEVER, PLACES IT IN SEC. 2 - WEST EDGE)
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1906 AT WHICH TIME THE GREGORY MINING COMPANY OWNED THE MINE
Comment (Development): 11 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 193.82 AC ; ECON.COM: 20 - TON MILL ON RAPID CREEK (0.5 MI SOUTH OF NAHANT)
References
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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