The Tuscarora Group is a zinc, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,890 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: 6,890 Feet (2,100 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.31306, -112.87194
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Tuscarora Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tuscarora Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: The Anaconda Co, E And C White, And G. W. Foger
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1916-1959
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.3%
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1916-1959
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^9 Oz/St
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1916-1959
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.197 Oz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1865
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: L
Description: East - Trending Tuscarora Fault, Smaller North - Trending Vertical Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Sand
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Workings): CUTS 50M LONG, THREE 50M SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): THE GROUP OF PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDES THE GOVENOR TILDEN, FLORIDA, WOOLEY, FRACTION, FRACTION PLACER, REFORM, BURLEIGH, AND SPRING. THE MAJOR ORE PRODUCTION HAS BEEN FROM THE TUSCARORA & GOVENOR TILDEN MINES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, 1931, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS - BANNACK & ARGENTA, MT., MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 6.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85.
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.
