The Ingersoll is a silver mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 6,319 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: 6,319 Feet (1,926 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.9431, -110.72970
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Ingersoll MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ingersoll
Secondary: Moulton Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
District: Neihart Mining District
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
Owner Name: Vesta R. Pierse
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1888
Discovery Year: 1888
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 (Production): THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ORE SHIPPED AMOUNTED TO 6 CARLOADS, THE LAST ONE NETTING ONLY $200 TO THE SHIPPERS PRODUCTIONN RECORDS FOR YEARS PREVIOUS TO 1904 ARE NOT AVAILABLE PRODUCTIN FROM 1904 TO 1917 WAS 107 TONS OF SORTED ORE, FROM WHICH 11.87 OUNCES AU, 4,387 OUNCES AG AND 27,938 POUNDS LEAD WERE RECOVERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG M13 P45
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7589 P.37
Reference (Deposit): MIL SHEET NDS. 2,26 AND 65 ALSO IN MPF 64.33
Reference (Deposit): MBM & G MEM 15, 1935 P.16
Reference (Deposit): MBM G BULL. 2, 1919 P.15
Reference (Deposit): WEED,GEOL. OF LITTLE BELT MTNS.,USGS 20TH ANN. RPT.,P.429-
Reference (Deposit): 431.
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.
