Silver Peak Group

The Silver Peak Group is a copper, lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Mineral county, Montana.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Peak Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Montana
County: Mineral

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

Owner Name: Frank A. Morbeck
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1988

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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

Not available

Comments

Comment (Reference): The abbreviated citation in the reference field is probably: Avery, D.W., Sweeney, T.M., and Satkoski, J., 1989, Principal deposits of strategic and critical minerals in Montana: Spokane, Wash., U.S. Bureau of Mines, unpaginated. (Prepared for publication as Information Circular but never released. A copy is on file at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont.)

Comment (Location): Political location in the record is Mineral county. However, original lat/long plots 2 km inside adjacent Sanders county. Reference is unpublished and might be difficult to check. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 47-30-37N 115-29-22W (47.5103 -115.4894); UTM N5262758 E613745 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 020 N, RNG 032 W, Sect 10, Sect_fract . The PLSS coordinates translate to 47.508 -115.658, west of the lat/long but still in Sanders county. The original lat long translates to T20N R31W Sect 12, over one section off. Geonames only lists one Silver Peak in Montana. Located in Phillips county, an unlikely place for a polymetallic vein deposit. No evidence of a typographical error because both the latitude and longitude of Phillips county differ from the original location. So the county name was changed to Sanders and the PLSS-lat/long disagreement is noted.

References

Reference (Deposit): AVERY, D.W. MONTANA DIRECTORY - IN PREP.

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.