| Deposit ID | 10042780 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060803 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Anchor Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Jack, Big Dick, Evening Star |
| Related records | 10270579 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.412, 46.47768 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Relative position | 6 MILES S OF ELLISTON, MONTANA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Powell(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bison 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
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Powell |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008N;008N | 006W;007W | 06;01 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IN ELEVEN SAMPLES ASSAYS WERE 0.25 OZ AU/TON, 1 OZ AG/TON, 3% PB, 2% ZN ACROSS 1 FT. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics | ||||||
| Rock description | Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| (1) | -112.412, 46.47768 |
|---|
| General form | LOW-DIPPING TABULAR AND NEAR-VERTICAL IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 85 DEG W |
| Dip | 70 DEG S |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 91.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Elliston District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Golden Anchor Mining And Milling Co. |
| Home office | Elliston, Mt |
| Year | 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1952-1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1.21 Oz Au/T, 8.26 Oz Ag/T, 7.25 % Pb, 2.55 % Zn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 1524M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060803 |
MBMG BULL 30, P. 33.
MBMG BULL 98, P. 53.
MBMG BULL 14, P. 34.
USGS BULL 842, P. 265.
USGS BULL 1151, PL: 1
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1982 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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