| Deposit ID | 10015842 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02098 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prize Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.47312, 46.85323 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE JAY GOULD MINE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF GRANITE PEAK, AT THE HEAD OF POORMAN CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE BLACK FOOT RIVER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lewis and Clark(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Granite Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Lewis and Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 013N | 007W | 27 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Boulder Batholith | ||||||
| Rock description | Boulder Batholith | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -112.47312, 46.85323 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Granite Peak Stock |
| Strike | SOUTH |
|---|---|
| Dip | SOUTH |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gould-Stemple District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Owen Byrnes |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 243.84M |
| Overall depth | 396.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02098 |
USGS BULL 842, P. 79, 85
USGS BULL 842, P. 85.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER STAINED QUARTZ IS SAID TO BE BARREN, THE GOLD BEING CONFINED TO THE VARIETY THAT CONTAINS IRON OXIDES ONLY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.