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Lehsou Mine

Past Producer in Granite 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019703
MRDS ID DC11183
Record type Site
Current site name Lehsou Mine
Alternate or previous names Hickey

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.25925, 46.80822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position .5 KM SW OF PEARL MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elevation Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 013W 05 CENTER OF S2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. ADJUSTED 9/11/91 BY D.F. USING ABOVE DESCRIPTION AND ELEVATION MTN 7.5 MAP.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHOTEAU 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Top O'Deep District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Patrick Hickey

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MUCH OF GROUND SURROUNDING THE PIT AND THE SLOPES E AND N WOULD PAY TO WORK IF WATER WERE READILY AVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • A PIT 600 FT IN DIAMETER SURROUNDING THE PIT IS A BANK 5-20 FT HIGH, NO STREAM WASHED FRAGMENTS OBSERVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 236

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 37-8.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-19-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN AND BROAD ZONES OF RUSTY MATERIAL. QUARTZ VEIN ADHERES TO MOST OF THE NUGGETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 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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