Golden Anchor Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -112.412, 46.47768 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 6 MILES S OF ELLISTON, MONTANA

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N;008N 006W;007W 06;01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SUMMIT OF NEGRO MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN ELEVEN SAMPLES ASSAYS WERE 0.25 OZ AU/TON, 1 OZ AG/TON, 3% PB, 2% ZN ACROSS 1 FT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.412, 46.47768

Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Golden Anchor Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Elliston, Mt

Production statistics

  • 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
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 233g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 34g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION LISTED FOR GOLDEN ANCHOR MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE STOPE HEIGHT OF BLANKET VEIN IS 5 FEET, MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS AND TWO ADITS.

Comments on development

  • TWO VEINS IN MINE. BLANKET VEIN IS LOW-DIPPING ZONE AS MUCH AS 60 FT. THICK; BLACK JACK-BIG DICK IS EAST-TRENDING, NEAR-VERTICAL VEIN AS MUCH AS 12 FEET WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 14, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 265.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, PL: 1

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references