The Red Pine Mine is a copper, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.52167, -112.08361
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Red Pine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Pine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Indian Creek) 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Shermont Mining Co.
Home Office: Sheridan, MT 59749
Owner Name: Shermont Mining Co.
Home Office: Sheridan, MT 59749
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
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: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, NARROW QUARTZ VEINS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith
Type: L
Description: Overturned, Isoclinal Folds Plunge N 10 W, 24 Nw.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH/2 OF NW/4 OF SECTION 3.
Comment (Deposit): TWO 100-FT. ORE-SHOOTS WERE STOPED ON MAIN LEVEL. A 4-FT WIDE VEIN WAS FOUND IN LOWER ADIT.
Comment (Workings): UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT CROSSCUT ADIT, 500 FT. OF DRIFTING WITH STOPES, AND A 75.-FT. WINZES. THE LOWER WORKINGS (400 FT. BELOW UPPER ADIT) CONSIST OF A 1,700-FT CROSSCUT ADIT AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF DRIFTING
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6972.
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85.
Reference (Deposit): BURGER, R.H., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON, CO., MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 41, P. 21 GILBERT, F.C., DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM. 15, P. 53.
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.
