Golden Era Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108485
MRDS ID DC08952
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Era Mine
Related records 10269232

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88617, 45.31796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position 3 AIR MILES NNW OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 011W 13 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE CORNER SECTION 13.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5 CARLOADS ORE- AVG CONTENT: 4.35 OZ/TON AU, 21.54 OZ/TON AG, 25% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Spokane
    Rock description Spokane

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.88617, 45.31796

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 E
    Dip 60 S
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ GANGUE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer W.D. Booth
Year of first production 1884
Production years PRE-1900

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Imbs (Estate)
    First year 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, 300-FT DEEP, STARTS IN QUARTZITE AND ENTERS GREEN AND RED SHALES AT DEPTH OF 10 FT. SHAFT WAS INACCESSIBLE 20 FEET BELOW COLLAR IN 1931. TWO OTHER SHAFTS, 65 AND 118 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 49-50.

  • Deposit

    1931 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 6

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELL DEFINED VEIN HAS BEEN STOPED TO THE SURFACE NEAR THE SHAFT AND WAS FROM ONE TO FOUR FEET WIDE

Reporter information

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