The Smuggler Mine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.4819, -112.03690
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Smuggler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smuggler Mine
Secondary: Beaverhead National Forest
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
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
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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): APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE TAILINGS SURFACE WAS NATURALLY REVEGTATED. FOUR ADITS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE; HOWEVER ONLY ONE OF THEM (ADIT #1) WAS DISCHARGING WATER. THE ADIT #1 DISCHARGE WAS VERY MINOR (<1 GPM), AND EVENTUALLY SEEPED INTO THE GROUND. THE DISCHARGE DID NOT EXCEED ANY MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS. MILL CREEK WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS DOWNGRADIENT FROM THE ADITS AND ASSOCIATED WASTE ROCK DUMPS, AND APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS DOWGRADIENT FROM THE TAILINGS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MILL CREEK ROAD. MILL CREEK WAS NOT SAMPLED DURING THE INVESTIGATION. ADIT #4 WAS OPEN AND POSED A HAZARD.
References
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-167.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 100, 1976, P. 16.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEM. 20, 1940, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEM. 15, 1935, P. 52.
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.
