The Sampson Mine is a lead and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.28361, -111.82556
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Sampson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sampson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Virginia City 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): POINT LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 29.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): MONT. B. M. & GEOL. BULL 14, 1960, P. 27
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-03-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG., MEM 9
Reference (Deposit): TANSLEY, SCHAFER, HART, 1933, GEOL RECON OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, MBMG MEM 9, P. 45.
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, CROWLEY, SAHINEN, 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MBMG, BULL 30, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 OTHER MBMG, BULL 30
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.
