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Little Goldie-Eleanora Group

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019743
MRDS ID DC11345
Record type Site
Current site name Little Goldie-Eleanora Group
Alternate or previous names Goldie, Sunbeam, Elenora, Blacksmith, Minnie, Montreal, Eleanor Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17865, 45.55268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 8 MILES EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 23,26 N2 OF NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Metabasalt
    Rock description Metabasalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss;Flathead Quartzite-Wolsey Shale
    Rock description Pony Gneiss;Flathead Quartzite-Wolsey Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17865, 45.55268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne And Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH - SOUTH
    Dip 30 W
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone, Bedding Plane Vein (Sunbeam)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PARALLEL 2-3 IN. AND 2 FT. VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer O. Anderson (Goldie Claim)
Production years PRE-1920.

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. Paige, Alder,
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Crystal Lake Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • BLACKSMITH ADIT (ON SUNBEAM CLAIM) AND ELENORA ADIT (ELENORA CLAIM) DEVELOP PARALLEL FISSURE VEINS

Comments on development

  • ANOTHER GROUP BOUGHT THE GOLDIE CLAIM FROM O. ANDERSON AND MINED HI-GRADE ORE FROM THE BLACKSMITH ADIT. E. PULVER AND ASSOCIATES ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND FORMED CRYSTAL LAKE CO. THEY BUILT A MILL AND TRAMWAY, ACTIVE BEFORE 1920.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 155-156.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 36-37.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-03-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELENORA VEIN IS 1-2 FT. WIDE AND 100-170 FT. LONG. SUNBEAM VEIN IS 2-3 INCHES WIDE. BOTH VEINS WERE THROWN LEFT ABOUT 250 FT. BY 2 NE TRENDING NORMAL FAULT, DIPPING 60 S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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