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Lucky Strike Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. 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 10101506
MRDS ID D004319
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Mine
Related records 10245920

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0803, 45.53184 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 1 MILE NNE OF THE RED PINE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 004W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 OF THE NE/4 OF SECTION 34.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss, Marble
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss, Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0803, 45.53184
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Horse Creek Synform, Plunges N 30 E.

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 45 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Indian Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURGER, R.H., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 41, P. 18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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