The Coyle Mine is a manganese and silver mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Coyle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coyle Mine
Secondary: John Coyle and Torrit Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Lalor
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FLATTENED PIPE, PODLIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1 % PB
Analytical Data: 0.25% P
Analytical Data: 17.5% SIO2
Analytical Data: 43.5% MN
Materials
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): AN ADIT NEAR LEVEL OF FROST CREEK, ANOTHER ADIT IS CONNECTED AND A SHAFT, RAISES, STOPES. WATER LEVEL 50 FT BELOW ADIT
Comment (Location): N SLOPE OF FRANKLIN HILL, ABOVE FROST CREEK.
Comment (Development): FIRST WORKED FOR AG.
Comment (Deposit): 25-100 FT IN DIAMETER AND 300 FT IN PITCH LENGTH. IT PITCHES STEEPLY NW.
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 725, P. 161-62.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 922-G, P. 204.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1237, P. 31-57.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 725, P. 16D-61.
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.
