The Sooner is a mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,220 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: 6,220 Feet (1,896 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.0339, -112.54500
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Sooner MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sooner
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte 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: Anaconda Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-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: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE SOONER IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS.A COMPLETE DEPOSIT REPORT OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQ NO. 0300930224.THE TONNAGE PRESENT IN THE SOONER IS NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUTTE MN DIST. BECAUSE THE ORE OCCURS IN VEINS LESS THAN 1 METER THICK WHICH IS INACCESSIBLE BY CONVENTIONAL UNDERGROUND MINE METHODS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANON NO DATE SOONER UNPUB USBM MANUSCRIPT
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.
