The Durand Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.46472, -113.24028
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Durand Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Durand Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Maxville 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: John Long Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $7.60 AU, 65 OZ AG (1906)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Production): $40,000 AU & AG . PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1918 TOO.
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, N VEIN STRIKES NW, DIPS 60-70 SW, S VEIN STRIKES NW, DIP 30 SW
Comment (Workings): 6 TUNNELS, SEVERAL STOPES
Comment (Geology): LOWEST TUNNEL ON S VEIN - 4 IN STRINGERS OF CRUSHED ORE AND GOUGE FORM A BODY OF RICH ORE 2 FT WIDE
Comment (Location): W SLOPE OF FLINT CR.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 259
Reference (Deposit): MCGILL, G.E., 1959 MAP OF THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1918.
Reference (Production): USGS PP 78. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK
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.
