The Pyrenees Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.19528, -113.23750
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Pyrenees Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pyrenees Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: The Pyrenees Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
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: VERTICAL SHEET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Cable Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Near Surface, Sulfide Ore Below
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): $250000 IN AU, SOME ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS FOR CU, 1870-1949.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE WAS OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE, HEAVY SULFIDE ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED BELOW.
Comment (Workings): ANOTHER ADIT HAS A PORTAL W OF CLAIM AND INTERSECTS VEIN ON 77FT LEVEL. ADDITIONAL LEVELS DRIVEN ON SHAFT AT 168 AND 266FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG M&M NO 31, P. 20-1.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 236.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 84, P. 18, 19.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 84. MBMG MEM 31, P. 21; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEAR BOOK '50
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP MBMG EARLL
Reference (Deposit): 1906 GEOLMAP EMMONS AND CALKINS
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1918, 1933, 1935, 1949, 1950.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG INF. CIR. 31, PLATE 4
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.
