The Josephine Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.55889, -111.65694
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Josephine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Josephine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Norris District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Madison Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN.
Comment (Workings): 365 FT INCLINE, 1000 FT DRIFTS, CROSS CUTS
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF TRIBUTARY OF HOT SPRINGS CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., USBM INF. CIRC. 6972, P. 45
Reference (Deposit): TANSLEY, SCHAFER AND HART, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON, MBMG. MEM 9, P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): MONT. BM. AND GEOL. MEM 31, 1950, P 67
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-31-1967
Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG. MEM 9
Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIR. 6972
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.
