The Forest Rose is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,361 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,361 Feet (1,634 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 46.51611, -113.08500
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Forest Rose MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Forest Rose
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Dunkleberg District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1912-1947
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 Oz/Ton
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1912-1947
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.0 %
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1912-1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.0 %
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1884
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dunkleberg Anticline
Type: L
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.5-3.9% ZN, 0.5-3.1% PB, 0.88-2.06 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): BULLDOZER TRENCHING & DIAMOND DRILLING CONDUCTED BY U.S. BUR. MINES. FROM 1946 - 1949. 1948 U.S.M.B. COMPLETED TOPOGRAPHIC & GEOLOGIC MAPS OF AREA.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IN LOWER PORTION OF UPPER GASTROPOD LIMESTONE BEDS. LARGEST ORE BODY FOUND ON NOSE OF ANTICLINE. SHAPE DETERMINED BY THOSE OF REPLACED BEDS. THE VEIN IN PART FOLLOWS THE BEDING PLANE AND IN PART CUTS ACROSS A BED OF LIMESTONE. MAIN ORE BODIES FOUND AT INTERSECTION OF FAULT ZONES WITH LST BEDS. BETWEEN 300-350 FT LEVEL OF MINE, MINERALIZATION DECREASES WITH DIMINISHED GRADE.
Comment (Workings): IN 1940 100-TON FLOATION MILL ERECTED NEAR FOREST ROSE MINE TO TREAT PB & ZN ORE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS FOR FOREST ROSE - WASA GROUP.
Comment (Location): ON STEEP SLOPE W OF DUNKLEBERG CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)
Comment (Geology): SOME MINERALIZATION ALONG LONGITUDINAL FISSURE ZONES CONTAIN VEINLETS OF QUARTZ.THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 247.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 20
Reference (Deposit): USBM REPT INVES 5014, P. 14, 15, FIG. 3, 4B, 12.
Reference (Production): USBM RI 5014; USGS BULL 660, P. 247.
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.
