Lakeshore Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102062
MRDS ID DC12024
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeshore Mine
Alternate or previous names Gladstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11893, 45.58434 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 10 MILES NE OF SHERIDAN

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 08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE NORTH SHORE OF CRYSTAL LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hypogene Alteration Of Ne Vein, Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite
    Rock description Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss And Schist
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss And Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gneiss and amphibolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Fissures Trend N 30 E, 80 W.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 80 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane, Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL, NARROW HIGH-GRADE SULFIDE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1933

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Wisconsin Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mader, William H.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Piedmont Co.
    Home office Reno Nv.

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF ADITS OPENED THE N 86 E VEIN AND WORKED A NUMBER OF SMALL, NARROW, HIGH-GRADE SULPHIDE ORE-SHOOTS. NORTHEASTERLY DRIFTS ON THE LOWER VEIN ATTEMPTED DEEPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME SHOOTS.

Comments on development

  • 10-STAMP MILL, 100-TON CONCENTRATOR ; ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE-STEEP, ROUGH MOUNTAIN ROAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 136.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-28-1963

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 574

  • Deposit

    1937 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 6972

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED UPON A 3-FT VEIN AT 9000 FT, TRENDING N 86 E, 40 N. VEIN TRENDING N 30 E AT 8600 FT. IS STRAIGHT, WELL DEFINED AND APPEARS PERSISTANT. (U.S.G.S. BULL. 574)
Deposit DEVELOPED BUT UNECONOMIC ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references