The Cadgie Taylor Mine is a silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,079 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: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.34694, -113.27000
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Cadgie Taylor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cadgie Taylor Mine
Secondary: Cadgie-Talor Lease
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silica
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Joe Metesh,
Home Office: Philipsburg, Mt., 59858
Owner Name: Joe Meiesh
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FLAT-LYING, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Manganite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1400 FT N 55 E OF THE HOPE DISCOVERY INCLINE, EAST SLOPE OF HOPE HILL.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME LOW-GRADE SULFIDE ORE IS LIKELY TO BE FOUND DOWN-PLUNGE OF ANTICLINE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE $40,000 IN SILVER. SILVER PRODUCTION ESTIMATED USING $0.8/TOZ FOR SILVER. 1960 MINED FOR AG AND SILICA FROM AN OPEN PIT.
Comment (Development): CADGIE-TALOR LEASE-OPERATED IN 1974 BY JAMES YOUNG, BOX 342, PHILIPSBURG, MT.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODY OUT CROPS ON THE SURFACE AT SEVERAL PLACES AND FOLLOWS THE BEDDING OF THE LIMESTONE. THE ORE BODY IS LIKELY TO BE THICKEST AT THE CREST, BELOW THE SURFACE TO THE EAST THE MINERALIZED BED STRIKES N 22 E AND DIPS 15-34 E, IT IS FOLLOWED ALONG STRIKE FOR 230 FT.
Comment (Geology): MINE ON CREST AND EAST LIMB OF PHILIPSBURG ANTICLINE WHICH TRENDS ABOUT N 20 E AND PITCHES ABOUT 15 N
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 218.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 115, P. 5
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 92, P. 8.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1237, P. 30-1, PLATES.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 82, P. 7.
Reference (Production): USGS PROF. PAP. 78. USGS BULL 1237.
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.
