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Gold Reef Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019400
MRDS ID DC09940
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Reef Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19897, 46.38072 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position E SLOPE OF VALLEY OF SOUTH BOULDER CREEK, 4.7 KM SW OF PRINCETON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 013W 02,03,10,11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2.7KM SSW OF GOLD HILL MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19897, 46.38072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S 50 E
    Dip S W
    Width 0.76M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Keith Rush And Associates
    Home office 2905 Harrison Ave., Butte, Mt. 59711
  • Type Owner
    Owner Larry Mclane
    Home office 212 Washington, Anaconda, Mt. 59711

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 250

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 82, P. 8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOOD ORE WITHIN 20 FT OF SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 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.

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