The Sweet Home Mine is a manganese and silver mine located in Granite 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: Manganese, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.34361, -113.27139
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Sweet Home Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sweet Home Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Joe Metesh
Home Office: Philipsburg, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 600FT N80E OF THE HOPE DISCOVERY INCLINE, NEAR TOP OF HILL.
Comment (Workings): CUTS, DRIFTS, SHORT INCLINE
Comment (Deposit): ABOUT 100FT E OF THE INCLINE, THE ORE IS DISPLACED BY A FAULT THAT STRIKES N80W AND DIPS 56E. W OF THE FAULT, THE ORE STRIKES N77E AND DIPS 27N. THE ORE HORIZON E OF THE FAULT IS OFFSET TOWARD THE S ABOUT 75FT AND STRIKES N55E. THE ORE IS FOUND WITHIN THE BEDDING PLANE OF THE HOST ROCK.
Comment (Geology): CEMENTED BY WHITE QUARTZ OF A LATER AGE THAN MN-STAINED QUARTZ.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL $1000 IN AG ORE. PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1922
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 218.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1922.
Reference (Production): USGS PP 78 USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1922.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 72, P. 10
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.
