Sir Walter Scott Group

The Sir Walter Scott Group is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sir Walter Scott Group
Secondary: Argenta Mining Co.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: G. V. Elder, Others
Home Office: Argenta
Years: 1972 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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

Form: PIPES, VEINS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Argenta Stock

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): GROUP COMPRISES THE SIR WALTER SCOTT, THISTLE, ROBERT BURNS, HUNTER, AND AMARANTH CLAIMS.

Comment (Deposit): MINES ARE ALONG WEST CONTACT WITH ARGENTA STOCK. NORTH TRENDING VEINS RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WIDE.

Comment (Workings): SIR WALTER SCOTT IS DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS, 60 AND 180 FT LONG. AMARANTH CLAIM CONSISTS OF AN INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 60 FEET ON A NARROW, NEAR VERTICAL VEIN.

Comment (Geology): MUCH OF LIMESTONE IS COVERED BY BENCH GRAVELS.

Comment (Production): ABOVE FIGURES ARE FOR SIR WALTER SCOTT MINE. AMARANTH MINE PRODUCED 1 TON OF ORE IN 1960, CONTAINING 200 LB, PB, AND 8 OZ. AG.

References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6, P. 70.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 15, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 61.

Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

Reference (Production): M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.

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.