The Exchange Mine is a copper mine located in Sanders county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Exchange Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Exchange Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Camas Prairie District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Camas Copper Mining
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): BETWEEN COPPEDGE GULCH AND WILCOX DRAW.
References
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY: BUL. 34, P. 16, 1963
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.
