The Maud S. is a silver mine located in Cascade county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Maud S. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maud S.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
District: Neihart Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
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Production
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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
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Environmental Factors): THERE WERE NOT TAILINGS ON SITE. ONE ADIT WAS IDENTIFIED ON SITE WHICH HELD WATER BUT WAS NOT DISCHARGING. THE PH OF THE ADIT DISCHARGE WAS 6.51. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR CADMIUM AND ANTIMONY WERE EXCEEDED IN THE SAMPLE. THERE WAS NO SURFACE WATER ON SITE. THE NEAREST SURFACE WATER WAS ROCK CREEK, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILE AWAY. NO SURFACE WATER OR SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPT. OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-40.
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.
