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Golden Gate

Prospect in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022804
MRDS ID FS00285
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Gate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45839, 46.12434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position BORDERS LOWLAND CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004N 007W 03 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BISMUTH IS REPORTED TO BE FOUND IN THE AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT
Result AU - .005, TRACE, .01, .02 OZ/TON AG - .6, 2.0, .8, .2 OZ/TON CU .01% .01% .4%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45839, 46.12434
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Claimant'S Father

Mining district

District name Lowland District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Godfrey Gagneir

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT NO. 1 4 FEET BY 6 FEET, DEPTH UNKNOW SHAFT NO. 2 4 FT BY 6 FT, DEPTH UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1940 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

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