King Mine

The King Mine is a silver, gold, lead, and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Montana at an elevation of 4,439 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: King Mine
Secondary: Silver Butte
Secondary: Kentucky-Vermilion

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Montana
County: Lincoln
District: Cabinet 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Orval Bollar And Others

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Cabinet Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POD/LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Snowshoe Fault And Cabinet Anticline Both Structures Trend Nw

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SELECTED DUMP SAMPLES ASSAYED 18.50 % PB, 0.01 OZ/TON AU AND 9.10 OZ/TON AG.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): TEN PATENTED CLAIMS, TWO PATENTED MILLSITES AND 21 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PROPERTY WAS IDLE FOR SOME TIME PRIOR TO 1905 AND BETWEEN 1910 AND 1943 . PROPERTY WAS INACTIVE IN 1950'S. IT WAS ACTIVE AND PRODUCING IN 1971 AND 1972 ; MILL$: 0.150000 ; ECON.COM: ABOVE MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE BEFORE 1905 . IN THE EARLY 1950'S AN 80-TON FLOTATION MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED. WHEN PROPERTY WAS SOLD IN THE 1950'S THIS MILL WAS DISMANTLED. 1973 PUBLICATION STATES THAT A MILL WITH 100 TON/DAY CAPACITY IS PRESENT.

Comment (Location): 6 MI SW OF GOAT PEAK.

Comment (Commodity): TETRAHEDRITE OCCURS ALMOST ALWAYS WITH CHALCOPYRITE

Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVERAGES 10 FT IN WIDTH. GALENA IS SCATTERED THROUGH LENSES IN WHITE QUARTZ.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LOW-GRADE VEIN 10 FT. WIDE, SELECTED SAMPLES. 0.01 OZ AU, 9.10 OZ AG PER TON, 18.5% PB

Comment (Workings): MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS. ONLY TWO ARE CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE. IN 1947 , THERE WAS SOME EXPLORATION BY DIAMOND DRILLING

References

Reference (Deposit): 5) LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 14.

Reference (Deposit): 6) LAWSON, D. C., DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 12 .

Reference (Production): JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 79 , P 124 .

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 124

Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D. F., 1906 : ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 50 .

Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , PP. 31 - 52.

Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., 1972 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 11 .

Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 79 , P 122 - 124 .

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.