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Gold Chrome Mining Co. Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010489
MRDS ID D004166
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Chrome Mining Co. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36406, 47.36959 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 0.75 MILE SW OF DEBORGIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Borgia South(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 019N 030W 25,36 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36406, 47.36959
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Osburn Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Vertical Fault

Ore body information

  • Length 182.88M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Creek

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS IS THE FIRST TUBE-MILL INSTALLATION IN WESTERN MONTANA.

Comments on development

  • (MANAGER ELMER C. BRAIN HAS PUSHED SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED EQUIPMENT INCLUDING 150-TON TUBE MILL.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, HARRY A., 1910, EAST COEUR D'ALENE MINING DISTRICT, MONTANA: THE MINING WORLD, P. 275.

  • Deposit

    ROWE, J. P., 1911, GOLD QUARTZ MINING IN WESTERN MONTANA: THE MINING WORLD, P. 1034.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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