Silver Chief Mine

The Silver Chief Mine is a silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,899 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Silver Chief Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Granite

Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 46.335, -113.26417

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Silver Chief Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Chief Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Hope Co.
Years: 1880 -


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: M


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


Structure

Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith

Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Geology): GRANITE IS SHEETED.

Comment (Workings): 1906-BECAME INACCESSIBLE A FEW HUNDRED FT EAST OF PORTAL, TUNNEL UNDER WATER.

Comment (Location): JUST E OF TRUE FISSURE MINE, S SLOPE.

Comment (Production): $62000 (1900)


References

Reference (Production): EMMONS AND CALKINS, 1913, USGS PP 78.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 207.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1237, PLATES.


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.