The Keating Group is a gold and copper mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 4,678 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,678 Feet (1,426 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 46.18806, -111.66083
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Keating Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keating Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Radersburg District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Peter Antonioli, 1001 W. Gold, Butte, Montana
Production
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1901-1948
Mined: 374000.000 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Polymetallic veins
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1866
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Elkhorn Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust. Radersburg Anticline To West Of District
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intensely Altered Wall Rock
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION ROUGHLY IN CENTER OF KEATING SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Production): UNDETERMINED PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1901
Comment (Workings): KEATING VEIN DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS AND 10 LEVELS OVER A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 330 M. VEIN IS UNUSUALLY PERSISTENT AND BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 M IN WIDTH.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN PARALLELS OHIO - KEATING VEIN ABOUT 700 M WEST.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REED (1951) REPORTS THAT ABOUT 60% OF THE DEVELOPED VEIN STRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN STOPED. SEGMENTS NOT EXTRACTED ARE REPORTED TO BE LOW IN GOLD CONTENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 759
Reference (Production): USBM IC 7592
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.