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Gold King Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10019748
MRDS ID DC11356
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.65006, 45.68796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 4.2 MI N24E OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 009W 01 E2 OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Park;Pilgrim Dolomitic Limestone
    Rock description Park;Pilgrim Dolomitic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.65006, 45.68796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Trends N50w, 45s

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY-SHAPED MASS
    Dip 90
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEARLY VERTICAL SPIRAL CHIMNEY-SHAPED MASS .5-10 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Melrose (Soap Gulch) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF N50W TRENDING ADITS, ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AT INTERVALS OF 50, 55, AND 40 FT. A WINZE CONNECTED THE 2 UPPER TUNNELS. ORE WAS MINED FROM THE CHIMNEY FOR 140 VERTICAL FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 92-93.

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U.M., 1950, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS-ROCHESTER DISTRICT, MADISON CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL, MEM. 19, P.50

  • Deposit

    MIN RES US, 1909, 17, 23, 27

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG, MEMOIR 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPIRAL CHIMNEY RANGES IN DIAMETER FROM 6 INCHES TO 10 FT. ORE BECOMES LEAN TOWARD THE IRON-OXIDE RICH MARGINS.
Deposit A 150 FT. INCLINED SHAFT 1/3 MILE NORTH OF GOLD KING PRODUCED 22,000 OZ AU FROM 200 TONS ORE. THE SILVER WAS MAINLY AS CERARGYRITE. MINE WAS MENTIONED IN MIN. RES. US, YRS 1909, 17, 23, AND 27 AS PRODUCING GOLD ORE FOR SMELTERS, PLUS CU AND AG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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