The Magone & Anderson Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Magone & Anderson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magone & Anderson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Garnet (First Chance) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Garnet Butte Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Production
Year: 1914
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1-5.5 Oz/Ton Au, 0.1-6.5 Oz/Ton Ag, 1% Cu
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: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDING PLANE, BANDED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Deep Creek Anticline, Garnet Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1-5.5 OZ/TON AU, 0.1-6.5 OZ/TON AG, 1% CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FAULT ZONE HAS A WIDTH OF GT 100 FT CROSSES THE VEIN OBLIQUELY FROM THE SW TO NE AND SHIFTS IT TO THE N. E OF THE FAULT ZONE IS A SERIES OF STOPES ON LENSES THAT ARE
Comment (Workings): LOWEST LEVEL 200 FT BELOW THE CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 39, P. 28, 29.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 188-190.
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 660
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.
