The Christainsen Group is a silver and copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.69222, -112.65944
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Christainsen Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Christainsen Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Melrose (Soap Gulch) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1914
Time Period: Pre-1914
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20.4 % Cu, 9 Oz. Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): RICHER ORE AVERAGED 30 INCHES WIDE, PINCHING DOWN TO 6 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN WORKING. LOW-GRADE ORE (2 % CU) AVERAGED ABOUT 15 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): TWO OPENINGS 700 FT. APART. NORTHERN WORKING IS AN OPEN CUT, SOUTHERN IS A 100 FT. TUNNEL WITH A 35 FT. RAISE. THE SAME ORE BODY WAS APPARENTLY EXPOSED IN BOTH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CHALCOPYRITE FRAGMENTS IN COPPER FRAGMENTS IN COPPER-RICH ORE CEMENTING FRACTURED QUARTZ. 20.4% CU, 9 OZ AG PER TON
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 94-95.
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U.M., 1950, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS-ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, MADISON CO., MT.: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 19, P. 52
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-23-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 574
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 19
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 574.
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.
