The Royal Mine is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.41083, -113.09167
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Royal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Royal Mine
Secondary: Royal Basin Dump
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Princeton (South Boulder 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: Royal Mining Co., C/O The Anaconda Co. Butte, Mt
Owner Name: George Knapp, Philipsburg, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Biotite And Feldspar In Granite Altered To Calcite, Sericite, And Chlorite.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $8-200/TON AU (1890)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LABELED PORT ROYAL MINES ON TOPO MAP. MINES IN SECTION 27 ARE ON THE SUNDAY CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UP TO 1906 WAS GIVEN AS $1000000.
Comment (Development): ROYAL BASIN DUMP: OPERATED BY FRANK RUPINSKI, HAYDEN LAKE 10, 83835
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKED THROUGH FIVE DRIFT TUNNELS DRIVEN ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ON THE SLOPE OF A RIDGE. WORKINGS CONSIST ENTIRELY OF DRIFTS ALONG THE VEIN.
Comment (Geology): FISSURE THAT CUTS PORPHYRY DIKE IS ESSENTIALLY BARREN.
References
Reference (Production): USGS PP 78
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 246-47.
Reference (Deposit): SILVERMAN, BILLINGS SOC. 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE
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.
