The Faithful Group is a lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,280 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,280 Feet (2,219 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.30139, -113.02306
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Faithful Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Faithful Group
Secondary: Old Favorite
Secondary: Faithful
Secondary: And Others
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Baldy Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Discovery Year: 1876
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 1.0 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FAITHFUL GROUP COMPRISES THE FAITHFUL, ALICE, OLD FAVORITE, CAPITAL, CABLE, AND SUNRISE PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): ERRONEOS MINE NAME ON POLARIS (1959)
Comment (Production): PRODUCED $250,000. TAILINGS REWORKED.
Comment (Development): EARLY ORE TREATED IN ARRASTRA BY ODELL. IN 1892 DILLON MIN. CO. BUILT A 25-STAMP MILL WHICH OPERATED A SHORT TIME.
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT EXPOSED FOR 4000 FT. WITH GOLD SHOWINGS AT DIFFERENT PLACES ALONG IT. VEIN RANGES 10 TO 20 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN INCLINED SHAFT WAS ORIGINALLY 250 FT. DEEP WITH 300 FEET OF LEVELS ON THE VEIN. GEACH'S MAP (1972) SHOWS ADITS, SHAFTS, AND A BULLDOZER CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 5.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 72-73.
Reference (Deposit): .R. ZIMBIEMAN, WRITTEN COMM; 1982.
Reference (Production): M.B.M.G. BULL, 85, P. 73
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.
