The Goldsmith Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Goldsmith Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldsmith Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Crystal Copper Co.
Home Office: Boston, Ma.
Owner Name: Peter Antoniolli
Home Office: 524 Washington St., Butte, Mt.
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $100-200/TON IN AU (1905)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodonite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Location): W OF THE ARMY-SELVERSMITH MINE.
Comment (Deposit): THE RAINBOW CODE WAS WORKED IN THE MINE. 2 VEINS THE S WAS THE MORE PRODUCTIVE WITH A WIDTH OF 8-36 IN AND IS PERSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE CLAIM THE N VEIN DIPS N FOR 120 FT BELOW THE SURFACE, IT IS FAULTED AT DEPTH, IT IS 12-36 IN WIDE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, WINZES
Comment (Production): PRODUCED HIGH GRADE AG ORE UP TO 1940'S-ALSO LEAD-ZINC ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P. 247, PL. X.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1914, 1918, 1922, 1923-1927.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 20, P. 108
Reference (Production): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS; USGS PP 74; MBMG MEM 20
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.
