The Revenue Group is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 5,719 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,719 Feet (1,743 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.53444, -111.79528
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Revenue Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Revenue Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Norris District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Revenue Mine Developing Group
Home Office: Norris, Mt
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: Madison Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures And Faults
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS CREEK, EAST OF AN INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY.
Comment (Workings): MINERALIZATION FOUND IN SERIES OF FISSURES, AU MOST PROMINENT AT INTERSECTIONS. MOST VALUABLE PRODUCTION FROM REVENUE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.
Reference (Deposit): TANSLEY, SCHAFEK, & HART, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONAISANCE - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO., MT., MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. MEM. 9. , P 53.
Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9, P. 5
Reference (Production): LORAIN, P. 42
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.
