The Eureka Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.1678, -112.27440
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Eureka Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Mine
Secondary: Eureka Lead #1 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Elkhorn Mining District
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kolberg, Arnold J.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1998
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 (Deposit): PROPERTY INCLUDES PARTS OF SECTIONS 17 AND 20 AS WELL. SMALL MINE, CLOSED SINCE 1988.
References
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, P291 & 1996/97, P 217.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM 20, 1940, P38.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL 16, 1960.
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.
