Climax Apex Lode Group

The Climax Apex Lode Group is a gold and silver mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,601 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: Climax Apex Lode Group
Secondary: Clipper

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Divide Creek Area

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Intermountain Deaconess Home For Children
Home Office: Helena, Mt.
Years: 1978 -

Owner Name: J. S. Knowlson
Home Office: Colorado Springs. Co.
Years: 1978 -

Production

Year: 1920
Time Period: 1907-1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz. Au/Ton, 20 Oz. Ag/Ton

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
Physiographic Detail: Highland Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Bouulder Batholith

Type: L
Description: Vein Is Cut By Faults Striking N 40 E And Dipping 75w.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ON HILLSIDE SOUTH OF CLIMAX GULCH, SECTIONS 5 AND 6.

Comment (Production): OPERATED IN LATE 1800'S BY CLIMAX MINING CO.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, SEVERAL SHAFTS AND DRIFTS.

Comment (Deposit): PATENTED LODE CLAIMS: MONUMENT, BACKBONE, FIRST CLASS, FRACTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Production): MBMG MEM. 31

Reference (Deposit): REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 31, P. 99-100.

Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U.M., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS-HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 32, P. 35

Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, M., 1971, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES-1970: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 82, P. 20.

Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D., 1977, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES-1976: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULLETIN 103, P. 22.

Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 57

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.