Lehigh Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101980
MRDS ID DC09978
Record type Site
Current site name Lehigh Mine
Related records 10124850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.83447, 45.50157 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 AIRMILES NE OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maltbys Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 002W 10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss And Schist Series
    Rock description Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss And Schist Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.83447, 45.50157

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Quartz Monzonite Batholith Intrusion Into Gneiss And Schist.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2,000 FT DRIFTS, INACTIVE IN 1949

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aurora Creek Gold Mining Co,
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • 2,000 F DRIFTS. PROPERTY INACTIVE IN 1949.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAVERMAN, REYNER, 1950, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROP, MONT. BUR OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 31., P. 61.

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DIST. - DILLON QUAD, USGS, BULL 574 P 112, 113.

  • Deposit

    BIENNIAL REPT OF INSP. OF MINES - 1909-10, FOR STATE OF MONT, P. 99.

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO., MONT., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6972, P 47.

  • Deposit

    1910 OTHER INS. OF MINES REPT. 1909-10

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 6972

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE MBMG MEM 31.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEINS STRIKE FROM N90E TO N20E WITH DIPS FROM 30 TO 60 NW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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