The Mountain View Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Mountain View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain View Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
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
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 Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2-4 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEPTH OF WORKINGS WERE 1400 FT IN 1905
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WORKS A NUMBER OF VEINS: THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SOUTH VEIN (AN EASTERN SEGMENT OF THE ANACONDA LODE); THE SHANNON VEIN; THE JOHNSTOWN VEIN; AND A NUMBER OF N-S VEINS BELONGING TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SYSTEM. ALL OF THESE VEINS ARE CUT AND DISPLACED BY THE MOUNTAIN VIEW FAULT VEIN, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BLUE VEIN SYSTEM AND THE STEWARD SYSTEM, WITH ACCOMPANYING ENRICHMENT OF ORES. GREAT ORE BODIES WERE ALSO FOUND ALONGFAULT FISSURES. OXIDATION OCCURS DOWN TOO 500 FT BENEATH THE SURFACE. TTHE ENARGITE ORES ARE LESS OXIDIZED THAN THE GLANCE-PYRITE ORES.
Comment (Location): ON THE SUMMIT OF ANACONDA HILL-NOT THERE NOW
Comment (Production): LARGE PRODUCER LATE 1880 THROUGH EARLY 1900'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK, 1911, 1952
Reference (Production): USGS PP 74, P. 196; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1952
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P 196-203
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.
