Marysville Mine

The Marysville Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Marysville Mine
Secondary: Marysville Project 0300490425
Secondary: Drumlummon
Secondary: St. Louis-Drumlummon
Secondary: Drumlummon Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Marysville District

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Peter Towndrown / Goldsil Mining And Milling Inc.
Company ID: 2401079
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1986

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): HIGH BERYLIUM FOUND IN WASTE FROM DRUMLUMMON VEIN,USGS PP318

References

Reference (Deposit): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 842, 1933, P. 69-70.

Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, JUNE 1945, P. 31.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 54.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. INFO. CIRC. 20, 1957, P. 27.

Reference (Deposit): METALS ECONOMICS GROUP 1983 "GUIDE TO NEW MINE DEVELOPMENT-

Reference (Deposit): UNITED STATES: 1983, VOL. 1, NO. 2.

Reference (Deposit): METALS ECONOMINC GROUP 1983 "GOLD PROJECTS IN THE UNITED

Reference (Deposit): STATES: 1983, VOL. 1, NO. 2.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORIES; 1990/91; P 179: 1993/94; P 232

Reference (Deposit): 1994/95; P 290.

Reference (Deposit): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 318, 1959, P. 152-153.

Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 7148, 1968, P. 161.

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.