The Kent Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,719 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: 6,719 Feet (2,048 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.18722, -112.94944
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Kent Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kent Mine
Secondary: Blue Wing
Secondary: Bannack Chief
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Blue Wing District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Year: 1864
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE-LIKE, TABULAR, IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone Strikes North And Dips 35w.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Slicken-Sided Veins, Brecciation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1908 ORE SHIPMENT ASSAYED: 0.09 OZ AU/TON, 29.7 OZ AG/TON, 1.5% PB.
Materials
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Linarite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SECTION 33
Comment (Development): ORE WAS RICH BUT NOT FREE-MILLING SO EARLY SHIPMENTS WENT TO SMELTERS AT SWANSEA WALES, UNTIL LOCAL SMELTERS WERE BUILT BEFORE 1870. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: ORES OCCURED IN LIMESTONE AND GRANODIORITE, BUT LIMESTONE ORES HAVE ALL BEEN WORKED
Comment (Workings): SHENON TUNNEL- 850FT, BLUE WING ADIT- 175FT. OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE BURR DRIFT, WHOPPER TUNNEL.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS WHICH OUTCROPPED AT SURFACE HAVE BEEN MINED, BUT LITTLE SEARCH HAS BEEN MADE FOR NEW DEPOSITS. SHENON (1931) SUGGESTS PROSPECTING ALONG THE MARBLE-LIMESTONE CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): ATTITUDE GIVEN IS TREND OF LIMESTONE FISSURE VEINS. NUMEROUS ORE BODIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND WORKED. (SEE SHENON, 1931)
References
Reference (Deposit): 1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 6
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 69-71.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6, P. 29-34.
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. 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.
