The H & S Mine is a lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,480 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,480 Feet (2,280 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 44.8897, -113.19420
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H & S Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: H & S Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Chinatown District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Davis, Ben
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Dillon, MT
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): A SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.10 PERCENT LEAD, 0.90 PERCENT ZINC, 0.60 OUNCE SLVER, AND 0.001 OUNCE GOLD PER TON. TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY IS 1,293 TONS, WHICH YIELDED 728,908 POUNDS OF LEAD, 14,977 POUNDS OF ZINC, 700 POUNDS OF COPPER, 11,182 OUNCES OF SILVER AND 42 OUNCES OF GOLD.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1972, P. 17-18.
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.
