Agitator - Concentrator Mine

The Agitator - Concentrator Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Agitator - Concentrator Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Ramshorn Creek) 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: Mcnulty And Swayze
Years: 1935 -

Owner Name: Moore, A.L., And Wright, L.E.
Home Office: Sheridan

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Tobacco Root Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith

Type: L
Description: Fault Zone, Ramshorn Synform

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Graphite

Comments

Comment (Location): 1.2 MI N47W OF COPPER MTN OPEN PIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Workings): FIVE ADITS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED SILICEOUS ORE.

Comment (Development): STAMP MILL BUILT 1936.

Comment (Deposit): MIN RES US LIST AU ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTERS IN 1930-31, AND AMALGAMATION OF SEVERAL 100 ST IN EACH OF YEARS, 1933-MID 40S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 45.

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6972, P. 61.

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, P. 46.

Reference (Deposit): LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956 PHD, UNIV OF MICH

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.