The Silver Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Lost Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Varying Grades Of Contact Metamorphism
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AG 300 PPM, CU 2000 PPM, PB 20,000 PPM, SB 1500 PPM, ZN 5000 PPM
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DISTURBED AREA 10 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): 9 SHAFTS, 2 ADITS AND MANY TEST PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): FS FIELD REPORT
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.
