Free Speech Number One

The Free Speech Number One is a mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 5,600 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

Name: Free Speech Number One  

State:  Montana

County:  Lewis and Clark

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 46.4747, -112.24390

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Free Speech Number One MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Free Speech Number One
Secondary: Free Speech


Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Rimini


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

Not available


Production

Not available


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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Arsenopyrite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX 1 GRADES ARE FROM ASSAY OF GRAB SAMPLE FROM RED MTN D MATRIX 2 GRADES ARE FROM REC 706 UNDERGROUND ASSAY DATA. TONNAGES ARE INVESTIGATORS ESTIMATES.


References

Reference (Deposit): UNPUB MBMG FILE DATA (MAD).

Reference (Deposit): GEACH, 1966, MBMG BULL 58, P25.

Reference (Deposit): BONDURANT AND LAWSON,1968,MBMG BULL.72,P.15

Reference (Deposit): GEACH,1964,MBMG BULL.46,P.19

Reference (Deposit): HANSEN,1969,MBMG BULL.77,P.16

Reference (Deposit): BECRAFT,ETAL,1963,USGS PROF.PAPER 428,P.56

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.254


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.