The Annie Marony Mine is a manganese and silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.325, -113.25972
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Annie Marony Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Annie Marony Mine
Secondary: Climax Mine
Secondary: Marony Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: TABULAR, FLATTEN PIPE (MN)
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 20% SILICA
Analytical Data: 40% MN
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 1000 FT S OF THE PEARL MINE.
Comment (Production): FEW THOUSAND TONS MN, CONSIDERABLE RESERVE (CLIMAX).
Comment (Deposit): VEIN COMPOSED OF CLAY GOUGE AND CRUSHED QUARTZ. LOCALLY SMALL BUNCHES OF GALENA. MARONEY AND CLIMAX HAS MANGANESE OXIDE.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT, TUNNEL
References
Reference (Production): PARDEE, USGS BULL 725.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 725, P. 161-162.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1237, P. 31-57, PLATES
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 33, P. 51.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 14, P. 13.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 209.
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.
