Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims

The Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims
Secondary: St. Lawrence and Monte Cristo.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Browns Gulch

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Smith
Home Office: Virginia City
Years: 1968 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Gravelly Range

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): 200 FT AND 60 FT SHAFTS. 320 FT OF DRIFTS.

Comment (Location): BULL 67 LOCATES CLAIMS AT SEC 32; MEM 31 LOCATES CLAIMS AT SEC 21.

References

Reference (Deposit): TRAVERMAN, REYNER, 1950, DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING DIRECTORIES, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL, MEM 31, P. 71.

Reference (Deposit): GEACH, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUR OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL 67, P. 30

Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DIST-DILLON QUAD., USGS BULL 574, P. 164.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-03-1961

Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE MBMG MEM. 31

Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE MBMG BULL 67

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.