Gold Leaf Mine

Past Producer in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019815
MRDS ID DC11610
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Leaf Mine
Alternate or previous names Lutz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67759, 46.00739 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 KM SSE OF MILLERS MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whetstone Ridge(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

Bitterroot 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 Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 017W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.75 MI S OF MONTANA PRINCE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.67759, 46.00739

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S 79 E
    Dip 59 NE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Frog Pond Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. M. Beglar

Comments on the production information

  • 1910 SOME LEAD CARBONATE SHIPPED WHICH CONTAINED AU, AG, CU. 1940 SHIPPMENT HAD A VALUE OF $267.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT CROSSCUT, DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 54

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 54.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 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.