Caroline and William Coleman

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012448
MRDS ID D008087
Record type Site
Current site name Caroline and William Coleman
Alternate or previous names William Coleman, Colman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58589, 46.3724 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 11.2 KM SE OF DEER LODGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugarloaf 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

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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 008W 10 SE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN ROCKER GULCH BELOW THE BLUE EYED MAGGIE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration And Replacement By Carbonate. Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58589, 46.3724

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike WEST
    Dip 45N
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOW ANGLE REVERSE FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Emery (Zosell) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY BE A FAULTED SEGMENT OF EMERY LODE. HANGING WALL IS WELL DEFINED, FOOTWALL IS BROKEN AND ALTERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 282.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 34, P. 8, 22, 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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