| Deposit ID | 10015849 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02107 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wayside Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.10032, 46.67268 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 9.8 KM NNW OF HELENA'S CITY HALL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lewis and Clark(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Lewis and Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 011N | 004W | 34 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | $5.00-20.00/TON AU (1900'S) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock |
| Rock unit name | Belt Series |
| Rock description | Belt Series |
| (1) | -112.10032, 46.67268 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Several Faults And Shear Zones Trending Ne And Nw Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock |
| Strike | N 35 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65 SW |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Scratchgravel Hills District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. C. Robinson |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 54.25M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02107 |
USGS BULL 842, P. 44-45
USGS BULL 842, P. 44-46.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DOUBLE VEIN SEPARATED BY A FEW FEET OF ALTERED GRANITE, HAS SOME POSTMINERAL MOVEMENT. ANOTHER VEIN DEVELOPED BY A 50 FT TIMBERED SHAFT STRIKES WEST AND DIPS NEARLY VERTICAL, 4FT WIDE. NW PART OF CLAIM A PORPHYRY DIKE APPEARS. IT HAS SOME SMALL METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY ROCK INCLUDED. IT HAS SOME GREEN COPPER STAINING AND SOME MALACHITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-80 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-81 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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