The Uncle Sam Mine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.4936, -111.99220
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Uncle Sam Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uncle Sam Mine
Secondary: Beaverhead National Forest
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
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
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): NO MILL TAILINGS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. TWO DISCHARGING ADITS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR CADMIUM AND NICKEL WERE EXCEEDED IN BOTH DISCHARGES; ADDITIONALLY, THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR ANTIMONY WAS EXCEEDED IN THE LOWER ADIT. MIDDLE FORK MILL CREEK WAS FLOWING ADJACENT TO THE SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SITE IN MIDDLE FORK MILL CREEK. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED. AN OBSERVED RELEASE TO MIDDLE FORK MILL CREEK WAS DOCUMENTED FOR ZINC. ADDITIONALLY, OBSERVED RELEASES TO MIDDLE FORK MILL CREEK (SEDIMENT) WERE DOCUMENTED FOR LEAD AND ZINC.
References
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-172.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 100, 1976, P. 17.
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.
