The Cape Nome Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.78944, -113.65306
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Cape Nome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cape Nome Mine
Secondary: Bullion
Secondary: Moose
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Clinton District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hera, Inc.
Home Office: Box 40, Missoula, Mt 59801
Owner Name: Silver Ledge, Inc.
Home Office: Box 56, Clinton, Mt 59825
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
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: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS OR LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Series Of North-Striking Faults, Clinton Stockclinton Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To Deepths Of 100-300 Ft
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.5% CU, 6OZ/TON AG, (ON 500 LEVEL)
Analytical Data: 1.6-12.7% CU, $0.20-4.50/TON AU, 5-20OZ/TON AG, (ON 300 LEVEL)
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SE SIDE OF TRAIL CR.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL SIPMENTS OF COPPER-SULFIDE ORE IN 1921
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS CUT AND DISPLACED BY VERTICLE NE FAULTS
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY THE 500 FT TWO COMPARTMENT CAPE NOME SHAFT, AN UPPER ADIT AND LOWER ADIT, AND CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS ON THE 300 AND 500 LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 40,
Reference (Production): SAHINEN, 1957, M.B.M.G. BULL. 8.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 227-8.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 30, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 9, 12, 35, PL. 6.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 82,
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.
