| Deposit ID | 10070446 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W013386 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Great Eastern Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Contact Lode Diamond Placer |
| Related records | 10256835 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.97673, 46.19906 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1835 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 8 KM NORTH OF ANACONDA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Deer Lodge(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Anaconda North(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
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Deer Lodge |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 005N | 011W | 09,10 | SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Dolomite | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AG 0.1-0.62 OZ/TON |
|---|---|
| Result | AU TRACE TO 0.02 OZ/TON |
| Result | PB 0.05 TO 0.16 %SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS 2.85 AND AVERAGE ABSORPTION IS 0.09% |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Lost Creek Granite Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Lost Creek Granite Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Madison Limestone |
| Rock description | Madison Limestone |
| (1) | -112.97673, 46.19906 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mount Powell Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Lost Creek Granite Stock |
| General form | TABULAR, PODS AND LENSES |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1894 |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| District name | Lost Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lord, Nettie |
| Home office | Two Knudson Dr., Yerington, Nv 89447 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Thayer, Lyman |
| Home office | Rt. 1 Box 264-Ai, Anaconda, Mt 59711. |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. L. Bergloff, Riverside, Ca; L. Thayer, Anaconda, Mt |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 100M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013386 |
MBMG BULL 84, P. 27, 28, 51, 52.
MBMG BULL 109, P. 5.
DEMA RECORDS
MBMG BULL 94, P. 10, 18-19.
EARLL, 1972, MBMG BULL. 84
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: DIAMOND PLACER 1894 |
| Deposit | First Production Year: DIAMOND PLACER 1903 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | Krohn, Douglas H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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