Red Pine Mine

The Red Pine Mine is a copper, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,799 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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Pine Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Indian Creek) 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: Shermont Mining Co.
Home Office: Sheridan, MT 59749

Owner Name: Shermont Mining Co.
Home Office: Sheridan, MT 59749

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
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: Tobacco Root Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR, NARROW QUARTZ VEINS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith

Type: L
Description: Overturned, Isoclinal Folds Plunge N 10 W, 24 Nw.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite

Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH/2 OF NW/4 OF SECTION 3.

Comment (Deposit): TWO 100-FT. ORE-SHOOTS WERE STOPED ON MAIN LEVEL. A 4-FT WIDE VEIN WAS FOUND IN LOWER ADIT.

Comment (Workings): UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT CROSSCUT ADIT, 500 FT. OF DRIFTING WITH STOPES, AND A 75.-FT. WINZES. THE LOWER WORKINGS (400 FT. BELOW UPPER ADIT) CONSIST OF A 1,700-FT CROSSCUT ADIT AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF DRIFTING

References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9.

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6972.

Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85.

Reference (Deposit): BURGER, R.H., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON, CO., MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 41, P. 21 GILBERT, F.C., DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM. 15, P. 53.

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.