The Stray Horse Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 6,690 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: 6,690 Feet (2,039 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.40444, -111.69750
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Stray Horse Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stray Horse Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Winston District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: The Anaconda Co., Butte, Montana
Owner Name: Louis Pevra, 1124 Sixth Ave, Helena, Mt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Elkhorn Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Little Olga Stock, Series Of North-Trending Faults Offset Veins About 6 M
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EST. PRODUCTION 8000 ST ORE FROM ESTIMATED 50,000 ST MINERALIZED GROUND. MINING TO WEASEL CREEK LEVEL (250 FT) WOULD GIVE ESTIMATED 50,000 ST ORE AND 100,000 ST WASTE. GRADE ESTIMATED FROM USBM SAMPLES.
Comment (Workings): MINE EXPLORES TWO PARALLEL VEINS THROUGH A SERIES OF FIVE ADITS AND SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS ALONG THE VEINS
Comment (Production): REED (1951) STATES PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1901 GREATER THAN $200,000 WITH LESS THAN 500 ST PRODUCED 1901-1942. EARLL (1964) STATES TOTAL PRODUCTION LESS THAN $250,000
References
Reference (Deposit): EARLL, F. N., 1964, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF WINSTON MINING DISTRICT, BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU MINES GEOL. BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592
Reference (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED FROM DOLLAR VALUE OF ORE
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.
