The Elkhorn Mine is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,549 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: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.49, -113.03889
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Elkhorn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elkhorn Mine
Secondary: Old Elkhorn
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Elkhorn District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wells, John
Home Office: Dubois, Wy
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1872
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Comet Fault Trends N - S, Mono Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SILVER VEINS AT SURFACE BECAME MOLYBDENUM VEINS AT 1000 FT DEPTH. TWO PRODUCTIVE VEIN SETS - EW, N50E.
Comment (Workings): TWO PRINCIPAL LEVELS - 300 FT, 1000 FT. SEVERAL 1000'S FT WORKINGS. BOTH OPEN (1981).
Comment (Location): LOCATION ON LOWER ADIT
Comment (Development): TIMBERLINE MINERALS OPENED 1000 FT LEVEL FOR 4000
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85
Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, A.N., SURVEY OF MINING DISTRICTS OF DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA, BULLETIN 574, P. 168 - 170
Reference (Production): GEACH, MBMG BULL. 85
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.
