The Sam Gaty Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Sam Gaty Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sam Gaty Mine
Secondary: No. 1 Shaft
Secondary: Franklin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Scratchgravel Hills District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. E. Pew And Others
Home Office: C/O Monida Vaughn, 937 11th Ave.Helena, Mt. 59601
Owner Name: Helena Minerals Co., Inc.
Home Office: C/O Chester Leirness 1900 11th Ave. Helena, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1971
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
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
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: (1900'S)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): MOST WORK WAS DONE THROUGH THE FRANKLIN AND SCRATCH GRAVEL MINES FROM 1914-1919.
Comment (Development): 150T/D MILL CAPACITY.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1914 THE SAM GATY AG-PB VEIN WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN RICH AU ORE. THE GATY VEIN CUTS AND DISPLACES THE GOLD VEIN.
References
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 82, P. 14.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 82, P. 14
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 36, 41-2.
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.
