The Rock Rose Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Rock Rose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rock Rose Mine
Secondary: Dandy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Scratchgravel Hills District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. J. Cruse
Owner Name: E. J. Stevens
Home Office: Helena, Mt.
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1908-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.11 Oz/Ton Au, 24 Oz/Ton Ag, 18.5% Pb 6% Zn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1958
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
Type: L
Description: Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
Alterations
Not available
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: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.11 OZ/TON AU, 24 OZ/TON AG, 18.5% PB, 6% ZN
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.5 KM ENE OF STEMWINDER HILL.
Comment (Geology): HELENA AND LOOBY MINES ARE ON SAME VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 58
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 35
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 842, P. 57-8.
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.
