The Swiss Prospect is a silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.34528, -113.06750
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Swiss Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Swiss Prospect
Secondary: Blue Ribbon No. 4
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Boulder 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
Owner Name: R. T. Smith
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1959
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 40.7 OZ/TON AG, 0.89% CA, 0.03 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE S OF POWELL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): PIT
Comment (Geology): SPARSE QUARTZ VEINS ARE PROBABLY SURFACE EXTENSIONS OF THE STRUCTURE PREVIOUSLY FOLLOWED BY POWELL MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE REP 81-1095, P. 197, FIG. 21, 24
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.
