| Deposit ID | 10220714 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007422 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300230102 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Coin Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Coin Project |
| Related records | 10069751 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.24671, 46.17519 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Deer Lodge |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 005 N | 013 W | 20 | NWSENE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.24671, 46.17519 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Georgetown District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Coin Mining Co. Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Washington |
| Year | 1998 |
| First year | 1984 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300230102 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007422 | MAS references MRDS |
MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY IC 20, 1957, P. 13.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1913, P. 78.
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1944, PP. 5-51.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE TAILINGS WERE PARTIALLY REVEGETATED NATURALLY. THERE WERE NO FLOWING ADITS, FILLED SHAFTS, SEEPS, OR SPRINGS OBSERVED AT THE SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. A SURFACE WATER SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED FROM DAILY LAKE; NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED. THE PH MEASUREMENT IN THE LAKE SAMPLE WAS 8.39. ONE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OPEN ADIT WAS OBSERVED AT THE SITE; ALL OTHER ADITS WERE CLOSED AND THE SHAFT WAS FENCED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-JUN-98 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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