Warm Springs

The Warm Springs is a gold and silver mine located in Fergus county, Montana.

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

Name: Warm Springs

State: Montana

County: Fergus

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 47.144, -109.22400

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Warm Springs MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Warm Springs

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Fergus

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Location): Political location in record is Fergus county. However, original lat/long plot in Jefferson county, about 200km WSW of Fergus county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-25-N 111-55-W (46.41667 -111.91667); UTM N E Z; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 008N, RNG 003W, Sect 23,26,30,29, Sect_fract . The only other clue in the record is the reference mentioning Fergus county but not Jefferson county. The PLSS coordinates agree with the lat/long, and show sections 23, 26, 30, and 29, which is consistant with the endpoints of Warm Springs Creek in Jefferson county. However, the record in old_MRDS gives deposit type as FISSURE VEIN, REPLACEMENT. Also host rocks, etc. So it is probably not a placer deposit. EST. PROD. FROM 1918-1925 WAS $42,540 IN AU. Geonames finds no mention of Warm Springs location names in Fergus county. However, MRDS contains 6 records with district name Warm Springs in Fergus county. Lat/long was changed to the center of these records, 47.144 -109.224. PLSS coords were cleared.

References

Reference (Deposit): CORRY, A.V., 1933, SOME GOLD DEPOSITS OF BROADWATER, BEAVERHEAD, PHILLIPS, AND FERGUS COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 10, P. 36-4

Reference (Production): CORRY, 1933, MONT. MEM. 10

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.