Goat Mountain Vein

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Arsenic
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019395
MRDS ID DC09929
Record type Site
Current site name Goat Mountain Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06619, 46.38017 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position W SIDE OF SUMMIT., 015 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 012W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SUMMIT OF GOAT MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.1 OZ/TON AG, 0.13% PB, 0.1% CU, 0.032% ZN FROM QUARTZ VEIN
Result FROM DUMP: 0.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.12% PB, 0.1% CU, 0.034% ZN
Result SLECTED VEIN QUARTZ: 30.7 OZ/TON AG, 3.1% CU, 4.6% PB, 0.36% ZN, 0.22% BI, 0.57% SB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Jur
    Rock description Jur
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06619, 46.38017

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip HIGH ANGLE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, UPPER TWO ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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