The Guy Mine is a silver, copper, zinc, and gold mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.45833, -113.06944
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Guy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Guy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Elkhorn 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frayne Fitzwater
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1891
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Pioneer Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Brecciation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 10.25% CU, 4.40% ZN, 0.022% MO, 10.25 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.02 OZ AU/TON.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): ONE PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Location): C OF SE OF NW 27
Comment (Deposit): VEIN MATERIAL IS WHITE BRECCIATED QUARTZ RECEMENTED BY DARK QUARTZ. IN 1891 VEIN REPORTEDLY WAS 12 FT. WIDE, OF WHICH 4 FEET RAN 100 OZ AG/TON.
Comment (Workings): 1907 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 50-FT. SHAFT, THE BOTTOM 25 FEET INCLINED, AND A 100-FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT. BOTH WERE FLOODED TO COLLARS IN 1972.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 109
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
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.
