White Pine

The White Pine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 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

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Site Name

Primary: White Pine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

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: Tobacco Root Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): LOCATED APROXIMATELY NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF CHARCOAL CREEK AND PONY CREEK. HARRISON QUAD MAP AND LITERATURE GIVE DIFFERENT LOCATION POSITIONS.

Comment (Production): IN ONE YEAR, 45 TONS OF SHIPPING ORE WAS PRODUCED. CHORAIN, P. 37)

Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS TERMINATINE AT EACH OTHER, BOTH STRIKING ABOUT EAST, DIPPING 65 S AND 65 N.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM, INF. CIRC. 6972

Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUAD, MONT, USGS BULL 574, P. 124.

Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN; MADISON, MONT, USBM INF CIRC. 6972 P 36

Reference (Deposit): MONT, B.M. AND GEOL BULL 72, P. 18

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969

Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHILL, BULL 574

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.