The Albion Mine is a silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.395, -113.09167
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Albion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Albion Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Princeton (South Boulder Creek) 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
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Leon Heroux
Home Office: Maxville, Mont.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fluorite Replaces Vein Quartz
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2ND VEIN HAD 20 OZ/TON AG, $2/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS ON 2 VEINS, DRIFTS, 2 COMPRESSORS
Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS
Comment (Deposit): 400 FT FROM PORTAL A PORPHYRITIC DIKE ENDS ABRUTLY EAST OF VEIN, 200 FT EAST OF VEIN WHICH STRIKES S 32 E AND DIPS 77W. FOOTWALL IS GRANITE, HANGING WALL CALCAREOUS SHALE. THE VEIN OCCUPIES A SHEAR ZONE, WHICH CONFORMS APPROX. WITH THE BEDDING PLANES OF THE ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 248.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 27.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 28, P. 6, 16, 17.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 955-E, P. 220-21.
Reference (Production): USGS PP 78.
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.
