Silver Bow Mine

The Silver Bow Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.

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

Name: Silver Bow Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Silver Bow

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 46.01389, -112.51389

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Silver Bow Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Bow Mine
Secondary: Part of Berkley Pit.


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 80 OZ/TON AG, CHALCANTITE CONTAINS 13 % CU.


Materials

Ore: Enargite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): SW PART OF BERKLEY PIT.

Comment (Production): AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): CONTINUOUSLY STOPED TO A DEPTH OF 600 FT. CUT BY RARUS FAULT. CU AND AG DECREASES DOWNWARD

Comment (Geology): WATER AT THE BOTTOM OF DRIFT IS RICH IN CU, IRON RAILS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY CORRODED AND AT TIMES ENTIRELY REPLACED BY METALLIC CU.


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, 157, 158, 159 , PL. X


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.