Silver King Mine

The Silver King Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver King Mine
Secondary: Belle Stowe Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Thompson River 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: R. D. Trebolet

Production

Year: 1950
Time Period: 1916 - 1950
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^32 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.38 % Cu, 11.57 % Pb
Year: 1928
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^26.3 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.2 % Cu, 19.6 % Pb
Year: 1949
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^6.0 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.3% Cu, 4.0% Pb, 0.16% Zn
Year: 1923
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^33.4 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.24 % Pb
Year: 1925
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^59.5 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.5 % Cu, 29.6 % Pb
Year: 1924
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^34.9 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.2 % Cu, 40.2 % Pb
Year: 1926
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^40.1 Oz/Ton Ag, 2.2 % Cu, 23.1 % Pb
Year: 1950
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^19.8 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.8 % Cu, 14.5 % Pb, 6.2 % Zn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Buckeye Canyon

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POD/LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1961 ASSAY OF CHANNEL SAMPLE IN UPPER ADIT YIELDED 0.0015 OZ/TON AU, 36.40 OZ/TON AG, 1.47 % CU, 3.6 % PB, 0.6 % ZN, 0.75 % SB, 0.05 % BI

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 18 INCHES WAS WIDEST WIDTH OBSERVED IN 1961 . WIDTHS ARE PROBABLY GREATER THAN THIS WITHIN INACCESSIBLE PORTIONS OF MINE WORKINGS: ORE VEINS LESS THAN 18 INCHES WIDE WERE NEVER MINED.

Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTIVE PART OF MINE IS WITHIN AND ABOVE UPPER ADIT. WALL ROCK IN UPPER ADIT IS ARGILLACEOUS QUARTZITE & LIGHT-GREY QUARTZITE. LOWER ADITS WERE DRIVEN ALONG GENERALLY BARREN FAULTS. WALL ROCK IN THESE ADITS IS ESSENTIALLY THIN-BEDDED MEDIUM GREY ARGILLITE WITH SOME QUARTZITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ON SE SIDE OF THOMPSON RIVER

Comment (Workings): AS OF 1961 , THERE WERE THREE ACCESSIBLE ADITS. EARLY ACCOUNTS MENTION AS MANY AS FIVE. LOWER ADIT IS AT AN ELEVATION OF 2600 FT WITH MIDDLE ADIT 190 FT ABOVE THE LOWER, AND UPPER ADIT 185 FT ABOVE THE MIDDLE

Comment (Geology): SPHALERITE NOT FOUND IN MINES ON OTHER SIDE OF RIVER. SPHALERITE, GALENA AND BORNITE OCCUR AS INCLUSIONS WITHIN THE TETRAHEDRITE. WALL ROCKS STRIKE NW AND DIP 20 - 40 DEG NE.

Comment (Production): 1890 PUBLICATION STATES MINE SHIPPED AN AVERAGE OF 20 TONS/WEEK OF ORE WHICH YIELDED $900 TO $1000 A CARLOAD. 1920 PUBLICATION STATES THAT UP TO 1919 MINE PRODUCED A TOTAL OF $100,000

Comment (Development): MINE FIRST KNOWN AS THE BELLE STOWE. 1950 PUBLICATION STATES TREBOLET LEASED 6 PATENTED CLAIMS

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 43 .

Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP. 43 - 44

Reference (Production): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 46 .

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.