The Rochester is a zinc mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 6,181 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: 6,181 Feet (1,884 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 46.9403, -110.72920
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Rochester MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rochester
Secondary: Unity, Unity & Rochester
Secondary: Moulton Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Environmental Factors): NO MILL TAILINGS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. THE WASTE ROCK DUMPS HAD ONLY SPARSE VEGETATION. ROCK CREEK WAS UNDERCUTTING THE WASTE DUMP AND FORMED AN UNSTABLE HIGHWALL. NO SAMPLES OF ROCK CREEK WERE COLLECTED. NO OBSERVED RELEASES OR EXCEEDANCES OF DRINKING WATER STANDARDS WERE DOCUMENTED AT THIS SITE. NO DISCHARGING ADITS, SPRINGS OR SEEPS WERE OBSERVED. FOUR HAZARDOUS OPENINGS EXISTED AT THE SITE: PARTIALLY CAVED SHAFTS WITH STEEP SIDES.
Comment (Deposit): MULTIPLE PROPERTY STUDY - MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0300130043.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7589, P. 24.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 13, P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-34.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
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.
