The Tiger, Moulton, and Tw Group is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Judith Basin county, Montana at an elevation of 6,749 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
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.09111, -110.61417
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Tiger, Moulton, and Tw Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tiger, Moulton, and Tw Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Judith Basin
District: Barker District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clendennin Mines Inc.
Home Office: C/O J. T. Nightengale, Boston, Ma
Owner Name: Croft And Montague, Monarch, Mt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1884
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Little Belt Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Zone Of Laccoliths And Other Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km
Type: L
Description: Lone Tree Syncline, Peterson Fault, Mixes Baldy - Anderson Peak Fault, Hughesville Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION AND ELEVATION OF TIGER ADIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORDS SPARSE AND INCOMPLETE
Comment (Workings): TIGER DEVELOPED BY A 230 FT SHAFT AND 550 FT ADIT. MOULTON DEVELOPED BY A 100 FT. SHAFT AND 1232 FT ADIT. TW MINE DEVELOPED BY A 140 FT. SHAFT AND 430 FT ADIT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCES EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT BUT DATA ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR ESTIMATE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: TIGER AND TW CLAIMS LOCATED 1884
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON, A. F., AND ROBY, R. N., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7602, 48 P.
Reference (Deposit): WITKIND, I. J., 1973, IGNEOUS ROCKS AND RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARKER QUADRANGLE, LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 752, 58 P.
Reference (Production): USBM I.C. 7602
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.
