The Scratch Gravel Gold Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Scratch Gravel Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scratch Gravel Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Scratchgravel Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Surface/Underground
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
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
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: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3-5 OZ/TON AU, 3-7 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BLOCK OF ORE BETWEEN FRANKLIN MINE AND SCRATCH GRAVEL MINE THAT IS 200-300 FT. LONG IS SAID TO HAVE NOT BEEN WORKED OUT
Comment (Deposit): COULD BE EXTENSION OF FRANKLIN VEIN OR A VEIN PARALLEL TO IT. DOES NOT APPEAR TO PINCH OUT WITH DEPTH
Comment (Location): ABOUT 2.5 KM NE OF THE VA CENTER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL STOPES AND RAISES, OPEN PITS. FLOODED TO A FEW FEET FROM SURFACE, 1926.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 43
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 842, P. 43.
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.
