The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE000623 SILVER KING MINE DAKOTA ? POLARIS BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300010208 45.3636 -113.0844
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
05S 12W 28 DCDD 5025240 336751 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
7520 F DILLON SALMON POLARIS
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 7/13/1995 CBD
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
LEAD
SILVER
ZINC
Agency Info Table
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Agency: BLM
Region District: BUTTE
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Watershed Code: 10020002
Forest or Resource Area: DILLON
Owner: P
Impact: U
Report: Silver King mine is located in the Polaris mining district occurring in white and tan limestone which strikes N22oE and dips 64o NW asccording to Geach, 1972. It is a vein deposit with the vein striking N60oE and dipping 84oNW which is subparallel to the main Polaris fault (again according to Geach). The ore and gangue mineralogy is calcite, with copper and iron stained quartz with a strike length of 150' and a four foot mineralized zone containing stringers of calcite not more than six inches wide. A sample by Geach assayed 0.20% Pb, 1.70% Zn, 20.3 opt Ag and 0.02 opt Au. The vein is a narrow barren fracture with a thin selvage of yellow-stained, silicified limestone showing slickensides (Geach, 1972). There was several cuts and a short adit which was caved in 1972. Winchell (1914) reported that the adit was 1000 feet long. Geach has dates of operation from 1936 intermittently to 1959, with 84 tons of ore produced yielding 1,105 lbs Pb, 200 lbs of Zn, 75 lbs Cu, 797 oz Ag and 4 oz Au.
Screening Criteria Table
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Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: N
Metal Leaching: N
Water Erosion: N
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: N
Visit: N
Comments: SCREENED OUT: PRIVATE; PATENTED CLAIM.
Rank Table
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End of report. Retrieved 5/2/2024 6:28:25 AM.

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