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Hold Fast-Short Shift-Goldenwedg Mines

Past Producer in Deer Lodge 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101617
MRDS ID D005567
Record type Site
Current site name Hold Fast-Short Shift-Goldenwedg Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23424, 46.20822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.4 KM SE OF SOUTHERN CROSS MINE

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)

Flint-Rock(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 04,09 CENTER OF S2 (04); CENTER OF N2 (09) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MINES ON BOUNDARY OF SECTIONS 4 AND 9. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AU AND AG IN ROUGHLY EQUAL AMOUNTS

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) -113.23424, 46.20822
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sentinel Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO PRODUCE $1500000 BY 1940.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2438.4M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT SHIFT, GOLDEN WEDGE OPERATED FROM UNDERGROUND ACCESS IN HOLD FAST MINE.

Comments on development

  • INFORMATION FOR HOLDFAST STARTS IN 1910-1942. SHORTSHIFT INFORMATION STARTS FROM 1914 TO 1935. GOLDENWEDGE STARTED IN 1922 TO 1923.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 34, 37

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 20. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1910-1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SE EXTENSION OF SOUTHERN CROSS VEIN. OXIDATION OF ORE IS NEARLY COMPLETE. 5 LEVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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