The Silver King Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU, $3 TO EVERY 10 OZ AG.
Analytical Data: RICHEST ORE 333 OZ/TON AG AND $294/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A VEIN WHICH IS TRACEABLE OVER THE BARE SLOPE ON THE E SIDE OF MISSOULA GULCH IS TOO ZINCKY AND TOO LOW IN VALUE FOR WORKING HAS AN OFF-SHOOT WHICH RUNS NW INTO THE GAGNON VEIN. THIS OFFSHOOT SPLITS AS IT PASSES THE HANGING WALL IS SMOOTH AND REGULAR, IT MARKS THE OUTER SERIES OF THREE OR FOUR PLANES SHEETING THE GRANITE. THE FOOTWALL IS IRREGULAT AND ROLLING. THE GRANITE IS DECOMPOSED TO A SOFT AND CLAYEY MATERIAL IMPREGNATED WITH MINERALS. THE VEIN DIPS 60-65. THE PAY STREAK RUNS ACROSS FROM THE HANGING WALL TO THE FOOTWALL AND IS MARKED BY AN OXIDIZED ZONE AND MANGANESE. THE LEDGE CARRIES RICH ORE FOR AU AND AG. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER VEINS IN THE SILVER KING MINE, MOST ARE ZINCKY.
Comment (Location): VEIN IS VISABLE OF E SLOPE OF MISSOULA GULCH BELOW GAGNON MINE; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1959 EDITION
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P. 250, PL. X
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.
