American Gold Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010409
MRDS ID D004043
Record type Site
Current site name American Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Oh Boy Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.03738, 47.06849 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position ON CEDAR CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illinois Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015N 027W 08 SE OF SW OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.03738, 47.06849

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Roberts
    Home office Mullan, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Gold Mining Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 11 UNPATENTED AND 1 PATENTED CLAIMS, 225 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MT.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEMOIR 20, P. 80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references