Golden Surprise Claim

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013608
MRDS ID D010003
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Surprise Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52032, 45.83046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 2.3 MI N 7 W OF BUTTE HIGHLAND MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Humbug(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 007W 18 SE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT S 15 E OF UPPER BASIR CR. RES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Climax Gulch
    Rock description Climax Gulch
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 70.6
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 70.6
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52032, 45.83046

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Highland District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kansas-Montana Min. Co.
    First year 1950

Comments on development

  • ONLY KNOWN PRODUCER OF A PATENTED CLAIMS OWNED BY KAN-MT MIN. CO. (1950)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 32, PL 5

  • Deposit

    MIN RES US, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED IN MIN RES US AS PRODUCING IN 1911 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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