Golden Anchor

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270579
MRDS ID M060803
MAS/MILS ID 0300770064
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Anchor
Related records 10042780

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.41309, 46.4774 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 007 W 01 SENENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.41309, 46.4774

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 20N
    Thickness 91.4M
    Length 180M
    Width 0.5M
    Area 55HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N50E:20N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 55
    Date of Last Modification 980611

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Milling method Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chickadee Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 GRADES FROM REC 701, AVERAGE OF UNDERGROUND ASSAYS. MATRIX 2 GRADES FROM REC 705, AVERAGE OF PROD STATS. TONNAGES ARE INVESTIGATORS ESTIMATES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNG ETAL,1962,MBMG BULL 30,P 33

  • Deposit

    DMEA MAP,UNPUB USBM MPF FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    RUPPEL,1963,USGS BULL.1151,PL.1

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.265

  • Deposit

    KNOPF,1913,USGS.BULL.527,P.79

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN, 1976, MBMG BULL 98, P7-10,47.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

  • Deposit

    MBMG, 206, 1988, P7.

  • Deposit

    MBMG, 223, 1989, P12.

  • Deposit

    MBMG, 236, 1990, PP. 10, 11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references