Clipper Mine

The Clipper Mine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,402 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

Name: Clipper Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Madison

Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 45.66278, -111.95722

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Clipper Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Clipper Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


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
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Located Between Mammoth And Pony Faults Both Of Which Trend Nw


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization And Silicification


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): MINE PRODUCED ABOUT $1,500,000 AT $10 A TON IN GOLD AND SILVER (LORAIN, P. 34)

Comment (Workings): CLIPPER MINE IS CONNECTED TO THE BOSS TWEED MINE UNDERGROUND. CLIPPER MINE DEVELOPED 1200 FT ALONG THE STRIKE AND ABOUT 600 FT ON THE DIP.

Comment (Location): LOCATED AT HEADWATERS OF PONY CREEK.


References

Reference (Production): LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972

Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

Reference (Deposit): 1957 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM 36

Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP G.S.A. MC-31

Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC 6972.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 26.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 36.

Reference (Deposit): VITALIAND, ET AL, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF SOUTHERN TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT., GEO. SOC. OF AMER., MC-31.


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.