The Bull Frog Prospect is a lead mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.51556, -115.69556
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Bull Frog Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bull Frog Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Prospect 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Tip Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: N-S Trending Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Boulangerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MI E OF IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A HAPHAZARD SYSTEM OF ORE SHOOTS LOCALIZED ALONG ANY OF A NUMBER OF CLOSELY SPACED, BUT NOT QUITE PARALLEL FAULT PLANES. VISIBLE MINERALIZATION IS SPARSE, ALTHOUGH GALENA FORMS IRREGULAR MASSES UP TO 3 OR 4 IN WIDE.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS. ONE 580 AND ONE 10 FT LONG. SMALLER ADIT IS THE ONLY ONE WITH VEINS OF ANY ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 PP. 30 - 31
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.
