Sanders County, Montana has 21,041 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 338 records of mines listed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Quick Facts
- 21,041 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 824 active mining claims
- 20,217 closed mining claims
- 338 USGS records of mines in Sanders County, Montana.
- Silver , Lead , Copper , Gold , and Zinc mines located in Sanders County, Montana. See All
Mines Summary
in Sanders County, Montana
- 338 Total
- 105 Occurrences
- 77 Prospects
- 5 Plants
- 151 Producers
Sanders County Mine Locations
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Recently Updated Mining Claims
Most recently updated claims in Sanders.
Mining Claims (BLM)
Sanders County, Montana has 21,041 mining claims on public land listed in The Diggings™. Of these claims, 3.92% are active while 96.08% are now closed.
Quick BLM Facts
- 21,041 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 824 records of active mining claims
- 20,217 records of closed mining claims
Mine By Disposition
In Sanders
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| closed | 20217 |
| Other | 824 |
Historic Mining Records (USGS)
Sanders has 338 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Sanders mines are Silver , Lead , and Copper . At the time these mines were surveyed, 105 mines in Sanders were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine.1 Sanders has 77 prospect mines.2 151 mines were in production at the time the data was entered into USGS records.
Quick USGS Facts
- 338 records of mines in Sanders County, Montana.
- 77 records of prospects
- 105 records of mineral occurrences of observable ore mineralization.
- 5 records of mining plants
- 151 records of mineral producers
Mine By Disposition
In Sanders
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| Producers | 151 |
| Occurrences | 105 |
| Prospects | 77 |
| Other | 5 |
1 Grade, tonnage, and extent of mineralization for such mines are unspecified.
2 Such mines have some degree of development such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping to estimate grade and tonnage.
Popular Public Lands & Regions
in Sanders County, Montana
Land TypeTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Kaniksu National Forest
National Forests
10,938
764
10,174
14,931.44
74
11
23
2
38
Cabinet Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
1,304
131
1,173
2,835.13
7
1
2
2
2
Lolo National Forest
National Forests
4,068
22
4,046
619.26
91
20
33
2
36
Kootenai National Forest
National Forests
5,335
5
5,330
103.3
0
0
0
0
0
Flathead Reservation
Indian Lands
18
0
18
0
39
8
16
0
15
Coeur D Alene National Forest
National Forests
8
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bob Marshall Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Flathead National Forest
National Forests
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gallatin National Forest
National Forests
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Top Mining Districts
in Sanders County, Montana
StateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Noxon Mining District
Montana
637
399
238
8,111.91
8
1
2
2
3
Silver Butte-Vermillion Mining District
Montana
212
140
72
3,245.88
33
5
15
0
13
Trout Creek Mining District
Montana
84
66
18
1,348.24
14
2
3
0
9
Blue Creek Mining District
Montana
120
43
77
888.38
9
2
2
0
5
Plains Mining District
Montana
9
9
0
352
17
5
7
0
5
White Pine-Beaver Creek-Eagle Mining District
Montana
260
16
244
330.56
6
0
0
0
6
Coeur Dalene-Hunter Mining District
Montana
65
5
60
103.30
0
0
0
0
0
Prospect Creek Mining District
Montana
40
4
36
81.32
41
8
9
2
22
Cabinet Mining District
Montana
1
1
0
20.66
0
0
0
0
0
Thompson River Mining District
Montana
43
0
43
0
7
0
1
0
6
Top Owners
in Sanders County, Montana
CityStateCategoryInterest RelationshipTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive Acres
Rc Resources Inc.
Coeur Dalene
Idaho
Corporation
Claimant
488
488
0
8,650.88
Revett Exploration Inc.
Spokane Valley
Washington
Corporation
Claimant
80
80
0
1,652.8
Montana Slver Mines LLC
Middletown
Delaware
Corporation
Claimant
73
73
0
1,508.18
Northwest Citizens For Wilderness Mining Co.
Missoula
Montana
Corporation
Claimant
42
42
0
867.72
Vermillion Metals LLC
Edmonds
Washington
Corporation
Claimant
15
15
0
495.58
Popular Towns, Cities, Etc.
in Sanders County, Montana
CountyStateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Noxon
Sanders
Montana
23,884
3,147
20,737
50,854.79
171
51
40
2
78
Trout Creek
Sanders
Montana
26,110
3,005
23,105
46,074.49
253
61
62
4
126
Heron
Sanders
Montana
11,512
1,350
10,162
27,275.17
127
52
25
2
48
White Pine
Sanders
Montana
16,530
1,180
15,350
22,647.39
251
50
71
2
128
Belknap
Sanders
Montana
11,673
655
11,018
13,540.35
252
38
85
2
127
Thompson Falls
Sanders
Montana
8,281
460
7,821
10,101.60
220
34
86
2
98
Snider
Sanders
Montana
4,264
275
3,989
6,296.92
157
23
64
0
70
Weeksville
Sanders
Montana
3,319
150
3,169
3,660.18
110
18
45
0
47
Paradise
Sanders
Montana
3,912
69
3,843
2,076.62
157
19
67
0
71
Plains
Sanders
Montana
3,394
46
3,348
1,576.36
139
20
59
0
60
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