The Smuggler Mine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,080 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.4825, -112.03833
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Smuggler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smuggler Mine
Secondary: Emma B. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Mill Creek) 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: Goldstream Mining Co., Salt Lake City, Utah
Owner Name: Goldstream Mining Co., 6715 Village Rd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84131
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone Strikes N 75 W Dips 70s.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION STATUS UNKNOWN
Comment (Development): HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT, SAWMILL, CONCENTRATOR MILL, TAILINGS POND. MILL CHANGING TO FLOATATION IN 1935.
Comment (Workings): 117-FT SHAFT, 2 ADITS, 150 AND 120 FT. LONG; 1,340 FT OF DRIFTS, 425 FT OF CROSS-CUTS; 450 FT OF RAISES; 160 FT. WINZE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9.
Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 41, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, M., 1970, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1970: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 82, P. 16.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEMOIR 15
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.
