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Gold Leaf Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105718
MRDS ID W014686
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Leaf Mine
Related records 10294706

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26231, 46.83156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 30 KM NORTHWEST OF DRUMMOND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(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)

Blackfoot(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

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

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE N OF TOP O' DEEP, N/2 OF NE/4 SEC. 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 3 FT CHANNEL SAMPLE, INCLUDING 6 IN OF VEIN, CUT AT BOTTOM OF WINZE ASSAYED 0.44 TOZ AU AND 0.15 TOZ AG PER STROCK WALL ASSAY $2-3/TON AU (1917)

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) -113.26231, 46.83156
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust, Deep Creek Anticline, Mount Baldy Synclinorium.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Stock Has Intruded Northern Limb Of Deep Creek Anticline Which Trends About N 45 W.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granodiorite Stock, Deep Creek Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS WITHIN 200 M OF EDGE OF STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Top O'Deep District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Valley Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $7000 FROM ORE FROM OPEN CUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, ONE CUT 100FT LONG, AN INCLINE 40 FT DEEP, 484 FT ADIT, STOPE-RISE TO SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NATIVE GOLD IN QUARTZ AND WITH PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WHICH HAVE BEEN OXIDIZED TO LIMONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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