The Conrad Mine is a gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 8,150 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,150 Feet (2,484 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.035, -110.60000
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Conrad Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Conrad Mine
Secondary: Conrad Stanford Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Crevasse Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Conrad - Stanford Co.,
Home Office: Helena, Montana 59601
Owner Name: Leased By The Anaconda Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1879
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Broad Syncline That Pitches Gently Eastward
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SW SLOPE OF CREVASSE MTN.
Comment (Workings): MEASUREMENTS ON LODE ZONE. INDIVIDUAL QUARTZ LENSES AND STRINGERS RANGE FROM 6 IN. TO 6 FT. IN WIDTH. CONRAD INCLINE ONLY WORKINGS ACCESSIBLE IN 1948, REST OF PREVIOUS OPERATIONS DESTROYED.
Comment (Deposit): CONRAD PROPERTY COMPRISED OF HIGHLAND PLACER, HIGHLAND CHIEF, CREVASSE FRACTION, CONSOLIDATED MIZPAH, SUMMIT, AND GRANITE PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G. F., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS - JARDINE - CREVASSE MTN. DISTRICT, PARK CO, MT, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 23.
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7546.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG SP PUB 75, P. 113.
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23
Reference (Production): REED, 1950, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7546
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.
