Gold Coin Mine

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069751
MRDS ID W007422
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin Mine
Related records 10220714

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24563, 46.17461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Relative position 0.1 MI SOUTHWEST OF DALY LAKE; 1.6 MI SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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

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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 20,21 NE4 (20) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS OF MAIN ADIT. THE MINE IS ON A LOW HILL THAT SEPARATES DALY GULCH FROM FLINT CREEK DRAINAGE, 300 YD NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 10A. IN DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Platinum Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ferruginous

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24563, 46.17461

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike 65-70NE
    Dip N50W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cable Stock; Northeast-Trending Folds And Subparallel Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES NE AND DIPS 30-40 NW. INTRUDING IGNEOUS ROCK IS EXPOSED ABOUT 0.5 MI NORTHEAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Production years TO 1912, 1930-1940

Mining district

District name Gold Coin (Daly Gulch) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Coin Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST PRODUCTION UNKNOWN BUT WAS AFTER 1898. PRODUCTION SHOWN IS FOR GOLD COIN DISTRICT, BUT ALL OR NEARLY ALL CAME FROM GOLD COIN MINE. BY 1912, $200,000 AU, 1930-40 CYANIDATION PRODUCED ABOUT $4 MILLION AU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY SERIES OF ADITS FOLLOWING VEIN WITH BOTH OPEN AND SQUARE SET STOPES RAISED FROM DRIFT LEVELS. MANY STOPES HAVE SINCE COLLAPSED CREATING STEEP SIDED OPEN PITS WITHIN THE AREA.

Comments on development

  • MILL AND PRINCIPAL MINE WORKINGS ON RED FIR CLAIM, MINOR DEVELOPMENT EXTENDS THROUGH SUNNYSIDE AND CENTER CLAIMS AND LITTLE JOSIE LODE. MINE HAS BEEN OPENED AND CLOSED MANY TIMES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EARLL, F.N., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN FLINT CREEK RANGE, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 84, P. 21-23.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H., AND CALKINS, F.C., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE , MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 78, P. 153, 234-235.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1905-1962.

  • Production

    EARLL. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1905-1962.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS IN A SHEAR ZONE AND CROPS OUT ON SURFACE. IT CUTS ACROSS BEDDING OF HOST ROCK. EAST OF VEIN ARE TWO FAULTS TRENDING NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH THE DOWNTHROW ON THE EAST SIDE. GRANITE CROPS OUT 0.5 MI NORTHEAST OF DEPOSIT. SECONDARY ENRICHED ORE IS IMPORTANT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references