The Germania Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.60278, -112.45806
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Germania Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Germania Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Rochester District
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: Underground
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
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN MATERIAL CARRIES FROM 0.2 TO 1.0 OZ/TON AU. (SAHINEN, 1950)
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NEAR SEVERAL GRANITE DIKES
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 3.
Comment (Deposit): THE GERMANIA VEIN RANGES FROM LESS THAN 1 TO OVER 30 FT IN WIDTH AND BRANCHES TO AT LEAST SIX NARROW VEINS TO THE NORTHWEST.
Comment (Workings): A SMALL AMOUNT OF DRIFTING AND STOPING WAS DONE FROM SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 19, P. 46.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 131.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-23-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM. 19
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.
