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Silver Hill Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Hill Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:500687
Long-form Identifier:1:3:500687:8
GUID (UUID V4):e23a96e9-7c36-4486-94fe-e21ef7322aef
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
0.7km (0.4 miles) Golden Thread Mine, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Hope and Bullion Mine (Bullion), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Skookum Placer, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Golconda, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Australian (Australia Mine), Amazon Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) Gray Eagle Mine (Comet Mine), Mount Thompson, Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Molly McGregor Mine (Emma Bell Adolphus), Boulder Mining District, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Montana (Hector and Victor Mine), Amazon Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) High Ore Mine (Montana Consolidated Mine Hi-Ore), Cataract Mining District (Comet Mining District; Basin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Bismarck Mine, Amazon Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Deposits of the Jefferson City QuadranglJefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana By GEORGE E....1922Geology and mineral deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangl~, ·Jefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montarra...deposits of the Jefferson City quadrangle, J e:fferson and Lewis and Cl ark Counties, Montana. 1963. (Card...2) 1 1. 'Geology-Montana-.Jefferson City quadrangle. 2. Ore-depositsMontana-Jefferson C:ity quadrangle...quadrangle. 3. Mines and mineral resources-Montana-Jefferson City quadrangle. I. Pinckney, Darrell Mayne, 1925-
Report (issue)
ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited by R.G. Tysdal 1 , Steve Ludington2 , and...ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-683-A...in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...counties: Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell, and Lewis and Clark. * Gold was discovered in the region...Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the Forest has produced gold, silver
Report (volume)
the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1766 Mineral...the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana By R. C. PEARSON, B. R. BERGER, H. E. KAUFMANN...the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1766) Bibliography:...resources-Montana-Pioneer Mountains. 2. Oredeposits-Montana-Pioneer Mountains. 3. Geology-Montana-Pioneer...Geochemistry 12 Mineral resources 19 Setting 19 Mining districts in the eastern Pioneer Mountains 19 Resource
Report (issue)
Historical Mining in the Basin and Boulder Mining Districts, Boulder River Watershed, Jefferson County, Montana...Geological Survey Cover. View from Eva May mine looking across Cataract Creek valley at Hoodoo Creek drainage...Historical Mining in the Basin and Boulder Mining Districts, Boulder River Watershed, Jefferson County, Montana...effects of historical mining in the Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana.....................Survey The Boulder River watershed study, Jefferson County, Montana .................................... 13
Report (volume)
....................... GOLD AND SILVER: A geological analysis of the silver production of the United.................................... Notes on some gold deposits of Alabama, by H. D. McCaskey............Mohave County, Ariz., by F. C. Schrader................ Gold placer deposits near Lay, Routt County, Colo...Colo., by H. S. Gale...... Gold deposits of the Little Eocky Mountains, Montana, by W. H. Emmons. Geology...mineral resources of the Osceola mining district, White Pine County, Nev., by F. B. Weeks..........!
Report (issue)
CIRCULAR 277 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COMET AREA JEFFERSON COUNTY MONTANA UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE...CIRCULAR 277 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COMET AREA JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA By George E. Becraft This report... C. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COMET AREA JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA By George E. Becraft CONTENTS Page........ Comet mine ....................... Gray Eagle mine ................... Silver Hill mine..........Boulder Chief mine................. Younger deposits........................ Free Enterprise mine.........
Report (volume)
most important were those in the Central City district, Colorado, from which about 300 tons of high-grade...the Silver Cliff mine, Wyoming; the Jesse D No. 1 and No. 2 claims, Utah; and the Merry Widow mine, New...mines, Washington; the W. Wilson mine, Montana; the White King mine, Oregon; the deposits in the Pryor...GEOLOGY area, Montana and Wyoming, and the deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Ariz. According...Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo, and from the Eldorado mine, Great Bear Lake, Canada. The Shinkolobwe deposit
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH^ DIRECTOR BULLETIN 507 BY JAMES M. HILL WITH A GEOLOGIC INTRODUCTION BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN........................... 5 5 Distribution of mining districts..................................................................................... Montana............................................................. PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill........................ Acknowledgments............................... Classification of mining districts.....................................
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (issue)
Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States By A. H. KOSCHMANN and M. H. BERGENDAHL GEOLOGICAL...description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama ---------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...exten sive deposits, such as coal and iron fields, gold belts, etc., are mentioned in general terms. 688...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...ALABAMA—Mined. Mineralogical name. Coal, var. bitu minous. Gold. Common name. Remarks. Coal, bituminous coal
Report (volume)
Deposits of the . Philipsburg Dis ict .Granite County, Montaria GEOLOGICAL SURVEY _BULLETIN I' 1237...and Ore Deposits of the Philipsburg District Granite County, Montana By WILLIAM C. PRINZ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...SURVEY BULLETIN 1237 A study of the silver-zinc and manganese deposits of the Nation's only battery-grade...battery-grade manganese dioxide district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1967 UNITED...Philipsburg district. 2-6. Maps of part of the Philipsburg district, showing geology and mine workings at
Book
PISTOLS i !?' A J.-. N ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by ...present authentic infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive...United States Geological Survey in 1912. Plan. “Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada”, as...parts:—one on mining districts and the other on mineral resources. The section on mining districts is...but gives more extended descriptions and includes mining as well as geological information. The map which
Book
[ [ 23 I 1992 [ 65-128 65-136 65-128 1-96 GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ...ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352 257-320 353-400...15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: silver (chairman R. W. Graeme) 25:69-76 New minerals recently...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 45. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, UOS. 73-84; Transactions,...4th ser., vols. 35, 36. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 15th Ann. Session;... 265-454. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau : Bulletin, no. 63. San Francisco, Cal....Transactions, vol. 10, pt. 1. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin, no. 22; Journal...General Index, vols. 1-10. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 34. Toronto and Montreal. Canada
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Report (issue)
(919) 733-2423. Jeffrey C. Reid Chief Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III...Arrington Mine Carolina Slate 'Belt 25 27 2 Gold Hill Mine 28 Placer ~lXlsits 2 Howie Mine 29 !me...me Del"'sits 2 Reed Mine 31 S<>urces and Prtxluction 5 Silver Hill Mine 31 World Sources and...Production 5 Phoenix Mine 33 United States Sources and Production 5 Hoover Hill Mine 33 Mineralogy and...Gardner Hill Mine 33 Uses 7 Fentress Mine 34 Prices 8 Mining Methc:xis 9 Rudisil Mine 34 OJ:>en-Pit
Report (issue)
INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY., ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin 187...research and provide information about exploration. mining. and metallurgical processes that are needed in...Technology Branch J. Brent Hiskey Assistant Director Mining and Mineral Resources Researchlns~tute Orlo E...Affirmative Action Employer. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist...produce copper. The Warren (Bisbee) mining district, which includes this mine, yielded 167,242,000 tons of ore
Report (issue)
AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE MONTANA BY WILLIAM HARVEY EMMONS AND FRANK CATHCART CALKINS........................... . .......... . .52 Silver Hill formation ... _... _. ___ . __ ................. .......................... . ... . . 65 65 Jefferson li1nestone ............ . ......................- _- _- _... - ..... - - - - - - _86 Sill in Silver Hill formation. ____ ... ____ ...... __ .... __ .... _- __ 86 Basic intrusives in the Cretaceous on Gold Creek .. __ ._ .. ___ .. __ . __ . _____ ._. __
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (volume)
Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...Tallahassee, Fla. GA Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 425 State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. IM...Minneapolis, Minn. MOB Office of the Director, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont. NEV Office
Report (issue)
MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. By J. T. PARDEE. DEPOSITS IN MONTANA. HISTORY AND...period was a large production of manganese ore in Montana. Although since 1870 the Butte and Philipsburg...produced large quantities of the ores of copper, silver, and other metals, the fact that large bodies of...In 191Y the production in that district so greatly increased that Montana jumped far ahead of the other...country, were overlooked for several months after the mining of the oxide ores had begun. In 1918 a further
Report (issue)
organic-rich rocks-------Gold content of coal, peat, and associated rocks----------------------Gold content of black...Durango, Colo. -------------Gold in marine sediments----------------Gold content of batholithic rocks----------Fossil...n of gold in particle- size fraction-------------------------------Fluvial geochemistry of gold and silver---Behavior...silver---Behavior of gold in weathering environments-------- ... ----------------Studies of sulfide and...chemistry of gold at high temperatures and pressures-----------Research on analysis of gold-------------Research
 
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