The Silver King Mine is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,151 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.3006, -113.50420
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Northwest Gold, Inc
Company ID: 2400942
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1980
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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): THERE WERE NO MILL TAILINGS OBSERVED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THERE WAS ONE FLOWING ADIT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. SLUICE GULCH CREEK WAS FLOWING ADJACENT TO THE SITE, ON THE WEST SIDE, DURING THE INVESTIGATION, AND UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM SURFACE WATER SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED. NO OBSERVED RELEASES WERE DOCUMENTED. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MINE OPENINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE INCLUDE FIVE OPEN ADITS, ONE COLLAPSED ADIT, AND AN OPEN STOPE. ANOTHER ADIT HAD BEEN SECURED BY A METAL DOOR.
Comment (Location): ON ROCK CREEK, 15 MILES WEST OF PHILIPSBURG, MT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MSHA REPORT DATED OCTOBER 1980.
Reference (Deposit): MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1979, P. 7.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 111, DIRECTORY OF
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95, 1975, P. 10.
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-60.
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.
