The Easton-Pacific Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,349 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: 7,349 Feet (2,240 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.23167, -111.95972
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Easton-Pacific Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Easton-Pacific Mine
Secondary: Virginia City
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Virginia City-Browns Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Easton - Pacific And Riverside Mining Co.
Owner Name: Scheitlin, E.
Home Office: Virginia City, Mt 59755
Production
Year: 1976
Time Period: 1871-1976
Mined: 113000.000 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Polymetallic veins, Au-Ag
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Gravelly Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Aplite Intrusion
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Description: QUARTZ - MONZONITE APLITE
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Description: QUARTZ - MONZONITE APLITE
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Description: QUARTZ - MONZONITE APLITE
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF BROWNS GULCH.
Comment (Workings): LAWSON (1974) REPORTED PROPERTY PRODUCING & DEVELOPING
References
Reference (Deposit): TANSLEY ET. AL., 1933, GEO. RECON. TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO., MT., MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 9.
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO. MT., U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.
Reference (Production): LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972.
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.
