The Monument Mine is a copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.00028, -113.32167
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Monument Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monument Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Monument (Bloody Dick, Beaverhead) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Monument Copper Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1908 , 1917
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.9 Oz/St
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1908 , 1917
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4 %
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1908 , 1917
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.02 Oz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 OF NE 1/4, SECTION 4
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 45 ST ORE.
Comment (Development): SHAFT WAS SUNK IN EARLY 1900'S AND A SMALL TRIAL SHIPMENT WAS MADE IN 1908.
Comment (Workings): A 100 M SHAFT, (CAVED AT THE COLLAR IN 1972) AND A LOWER ADIT DRIVEN TOWARD THE SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF MONUMENT, MONUMENT EXTENSION, GREEN MOUNTAIN, WELCOME, DAISY, EUGENE, AND ALPS, ALL PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85
Reference (Production): GEACH, 1972, MBMG BULL. 85
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.
