The Clipper Mine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.66278, -111.95722
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Clipper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clipper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Located Between Mammoth And Pony Faults Both Of Which Trend Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
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: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE PRODUCED ABOUT $1,500,000 AT $10 A TON IN GOLD AND SILVER (LORAIN, P. 34)
Comment (Workings): CLIPPER MINE IS CONNECTED TO THE BOSS TWEED MINE UNDERGROUND. CLIPPER MINE DEVELOPED 1200 FT ALONG THE STRIKE AND ABOUT 600 FT ON THE DIP.
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT HEADWATERS OF PONY CREEK.
References
Reference (Production): LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972
Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9
Reference (Deposit): 1957 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM 36
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP G.S.A. MC-31
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC 6972.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 26.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 36.
Reference (Deposit): VITALIAND, ET AL, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF SOUTHERN TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT., GEO. SOC. OF AMER., MC-31.
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.
