The Sims Prospect is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 4,301 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
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 47.92167, -115.42028
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Sims Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sims Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Vermilion River 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Cabinet Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN WHITE MASSIVE QUARTZ AND CARBONATE GANGUE
Structure
Type: R
Description: General Structural Grain Of Northward Trending Faults Which Are Parallel To Subparallel To Folds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE TRENCH A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE ADIT ASSAYED 2.85 % CU, 2.25 OZ/TON AG & 0.003 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): GROUND WAS RELOCATED IN 1964 .
Comment (Deposit): VEIN MATERIAL EXAMINED FROM ADIT DUMPS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTS OF A 100 FT ADIT, A CAVED ADIT (?) AND A TRENCH.
Comment (Geology): HOST BEDS STRIKE NE AND DIPS SE
Comment (Location): NEAR THE DIVIDE BETWEEN SIMS AND WALOVEN CREEK.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P 125 .
Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA:MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 125
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.
