The Two Percent Mine is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.33889, -113.27167
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Two Percent Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Two Percent Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Taylor - Knapp Co.
Owner Name: Patten Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1866
Discovery Year: 1865
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: TABULAR, LENTICULAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BREAST OF INCLINE ORE CARRIES 20-3002/TON AG AND A L1TTLE AU.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT FOLLOW THE BEDDING PLANES WHICH STRIKE N 34 W AND DIP 6-15 E. THE BEDS WHERE MINERALIZED ARE JOINED BY A VEIN WHICH STRIKE N 80 E AND DIPS 78 S. THE ORE BEARING SOLUTIONS PRESUMABLY CIRCULATING IN THE FISSURE WERE IN MEASURE CONTROLLED BY THE HANGING-WALL SHALE AND DEPOSITED MUCH OF THE LOAD BELOW IT.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO INCLINED SHAFTS WITH NINE LEVELS OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Location): 0.5 MI SE OF THE HOPE DISCOVERY INCLINE ON SLOPE OF POORMAN HILL.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EXCELLENT POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ORE WHERE TWO PERCENT VEIN CUTS (1) THE BASE OF THE HASMARK FM. AND (2) THE MIDDLE OF THE SILVER HILL FM. A 2000 FT SHAFT WOULD BE NEEDED TO REACH THE SILVER HILL FM.
Comment (Production): PRE-RAILROAD PRODUCTION SHIPPED TO SWANSEA, ENGLAND. TOTAL PRODUCTION UP TO 1906 WAS $75000.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 922-G, P. 157-204.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 31, 125 P.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 219.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
