The Czarina Mine is a silver and manganese mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 5,659 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,659 Feet (1,725 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Manganese
Lat, Long: 46.0125, -112.57028
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Czarina Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Czarina Mine
Secondary: Tzarina Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
Owner Name: John Cole (Leased Products)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1864
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: Close To Continental Divide
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Local North - East Striking Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Considerable Kaolinization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED, ALTITUDE APPROXIMATED
Comment (Commodity): NO INFORMATION GIVEN AS TO SILVER BEARING MINERALS SEQUENCES. POSSIBLE SPHALERITE AND GALENA OCCURRENCE
Comment (Deposit): SURFACE OUTCROP IS 30 FEET ACROSS HOWEVER, VEIN SEEMS TO NARROW WITH DEPTH. LENGTH OF BODY INFERRED FROM MAP OF WORKINGS STRIKE OF VEINS FROM GEOLOGICAL MINE MAP
Comment (Workings): SOME EXPLORATORY SURFACE PITS USED TO DELINEATE VEIN OUTCROPS. LENGTH OF WORKINGS FROM GEOLOGIC MINE MAP (ESTIMATED) DEPTH OF WORKINGS FROM CROSS SECTION
References
Reference (Deposit): DAS, PRODYOT K., 1950 , CZARINA MINE, THESIS IN PARTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES (MONTANA TECH), 21 P
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.
