Viking Mine

The Viking Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Montana at an elevation of 3,901 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Viking Mine
Secondary: Viking Property
Secondary: Gold Hill Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Lincoln
District: (Unorganized)

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

Owner Name: Viking Mining Co

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1934
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Cabinet Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: General Structural Grain Of Northward Trending Faults Which Are Parallel To Subparallel To Folds

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: QUARTZ VEIN IN DISCOVERY CUT ASSAYED $19.60/TON AU, 0.06 OZ/TON AG. CHANNEL SAMPLE OF VEINLET IN SHEETED ZONE ASSAYED $14/TON AU.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): PRICHARD-RAVALL, CONTACT IS BELIEVED TO BE A SHORT DISTANCE SW OF THE WORKINGS. ; GEOL.DESC: 5 FISSURE-FILLING BEDDING VEINS UP TO 22 INCH WIDE ASSAY $19.60 AU, 0.06 OZ AG PER TON

Comment (Development): IN 1946 PROPERTY CONSISTED OF THREE CLAIMS AND AN ABANDONED MILL WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1938 ; THE CLAIMS HAD BEEN SURVEYED FOR A PATENT; BUT HAD NOT BEEN PATENTED. BY 1961 , THE MILL HAD COLLAPSED.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LARGELY CONSISTS OF FIVE FISSURE FILLED BEDDING VEINS WHICH ARE DISPLACED BY EN ECHELON SEGMENTS OF W-NW FAULTS THAT DIP SW. DURING EXCAVATION OF THE MILLSITE A METADIORITE SILL CONTAINING EXTENSIVE QUARTZ VEINLETS WAS DISCOVERED NATIVE GOLD FORMS IRREGULAR MASSES AND SMALL ELONGATE PARTICLES WITHIN THE QUARTZ VEINS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTS OF A 600 FT DISCOVERY CUT AND 2000 FT OF DRIFTING AND CROSSCUTTING WITHIN 5 TUNNELS. TUNNELS WERE 240 , 320 , 235 , 680 , 350 & 175 FT. LONG AT TIME OF MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT. AS OF 1961 , ONE TUNNEL WAS PARTLY ACCESSIBLE; THE OTHERS WERE CAVED.

Comment (Deposit): AVAILABLE ORE HAS BEEN MINED OUT EXCEPT FOR SMALL UNECONOMICAL BLOCKS OF MILLING GRADE ORE. BETTER ORE WAS MINED FROM THE ZONE OF OXIDATION ABOVE THE WATER TABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 122

Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, WILLIS M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 121 - 122 .

Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , PP. 29 - 30 .

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-11-1963

Reference (Production): JOHNS, WILLIS M., 1970 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P 121 - 122 .

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.