The High Ridge Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.54222, -112.19806
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High Ridge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Ridge Mine
Secondary: Hi-Ridge Mine
Secondary: Highridge
Secondary: Highridge Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Tidal Wave District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Madison Highridge Co.
Home Office: 2015 14th St., Billings, Mt
Owner Name: L. Taylor And R. Broksle,
Home Office: Twin Bridges, Mt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: NARROW STRINGERS AND BUNCHES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Local Faults Displace The Vein System
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Brecciation, Gouge
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THIRTEEN SAMPLE ASSAYS APPEAR IN BULLETIN 24.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SECTION 27.
Comment (Deposit): ORIGINAL LOCATIONS WERE MADE ON FLAT-LYING BEDDING PLANE VEIN AVERAGING 6 TO 12 INCHES WIDE. A FISSURE VEIN TRENDS N30E AND DIPS FROM 55E TO VERTICAL.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS, AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL AND SEVERAL CUTS & PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6972.
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, P. 157.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 37.
Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 24
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 24.
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.
