The Elkhorn Standard
(Lode)
(20.66 acres)
Jefferson County, Montana
$23,000
Now Available!

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​Primary Commodities: Gold, and Silver
• Claim designation: un-patented lode.
​• Size: 20.66 acres
• Location: Jefferson County Montana

• Financing is available with a down payment of $1850.00 and monthly payments of $155.00

• Direct deed purchase options available

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The Elkhorn Standard is a documented mineral property located in the Elkhorn Mining District of Jefferson county, Montana.
Featuring a hard rock adit driven into the mineralized hillside of the historic Elkhorn Skarn deposits, old surface cuts, a small miners' cabin from the 1980s, and excellent access.

The Elkhorn was one of the richest mining districts in the northwest. It produced around 6.5 million ounces of silver and thousands of ounces of Gold.
​Continuous production ended in 1912.

The majority of the ore is mined from oxidized, generally free-milling, gold and silver-bearing lenses in thick, persistent shear zones.
In the Tizer-Wilson, Park, and Beaver Creek districts, these shear zones occur in volcanic rocks.
Gold, silver, lead, and iron in the Elkhorn district came from irregular replacement zones in calcareous rocks, principally limestone.
High discovery potential for fissure-lens and replacement deposits in the volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the area is indicated by geologic factors and samples.

Prospecting and small-scale placer mining was underway in the Elkhorn district by the late 1850"s.
Numerous lode locations were made before 1870, though the district came into prominence after production began at the Elkhorn mine in 1875. In its day, the Elkhorn, which is outside the study area, was among the most important silver mines in the region.

• Primary lode workings of the Elkhorn Standard consist of a single adit driven to an estimated 1200' feet, with estimated drifting on multiple levels. Standard gauge ore rail is present in the mine, suggesting extensive production with previous capital invested.

Underground workings will require an updated gate and timbered bracing for continued exploration and development.

A small wooden miners' cabin rests near the lower mine adit. Likely built during the 1980s, the small structure would have at one time housed the claim owner during production.

Galena, tetrahedrite, pyrite, and sphalerite are associated with quartz in replacement deposits along bedding planes in dolomitic marble. Some deposits are also localized in crushed zones on the undersides of anticlinal folds in shale.
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• Estimated available ore grades are: 0.25-to-1.8 Opt (ounces per ton) Au(Gold), with 1.2-to-18.00 OPT Ag (Silver) and trace Copper.
• Free milling Gold is available in the volcanically altered vein material.
• Orebody: Form: Fissure lenses, and replacement deposits.
• Host Rock: Quartz Diorite​
• Primary Ore Composition:
  : Galena
  :  Sphalerite
  : Milling Gold
  : Chalcopyrite

Mine spill is comprised of mid-to-low grade ore and granite host rock, with the higher grade ore hand stacked near the old Mill house.

• In addition to the established workings, virgin outcroppings of the epithermal deposit are visible above and below the adit portal.

Access to the mine is available to any higher clearance and all 4x4 vehicles during the warmer months, with snowmobile access between December and March.
A large parking and staging area is available for multiple vehicles and campers.

This one-of-a-kind producer is available to the beginning enthusiast, up to an established mining company.
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