The Anaconda Hot Springs is a geothermal mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 5,335 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: 5,335 Feet (1,626 Meters)
Commodity: Geothermal
Lat, Long: 46.0858, -112.90360
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Anaconda Hot Springs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anaconda Hot Springs
Secondary: Hot Springs Limonite
Commodity
Primary: Geothermal
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Geothermal
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Location): MILS LAT/LONG AT CENTER OF IRON - ORE BODY. HOT SPRINGS LOC. SEC 13 - NE1/4, NE1/4, SE1/4.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 492, 1965, P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 260, 1905, P. 600.
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.
