The Peabody is a silver mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 6,201 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
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.9414, -110.73470
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Peabody MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peabody
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
District: Neihart Mining District
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wadsworth Jr., O. F.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 1940
Description: 1520 Metric Tons Ore/Day
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1888
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): ALL MINE WORKINGS ARE REPORTED TO BE INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORD DENOTES ALL PRODUCTION FROM 1922 TO 1940, ANY PRODUCTION INFORMATION BEFORE 1922 IS NOT AVAILABLE
Comment (Ownership): O.F. WADSWORTH JR. C/10 EDWARD BYRNES, BOSTON MASS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7589 P42
Reference (Deposit): MBM G MEM 15, 1935 P.17
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES 1922
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.
