Franklin and Sam Gaty

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294286
MAS/MILS ID 0300490099
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin and Sam Gaty
Alternate or previous names Franklin, Sam Gaty

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.07368, 46.6391 (WGS84)
Elevation 1196
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 004 W 11 SWSWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.07368, 46.6391

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 45M
    Length 90M
    Width 0.6M
    Area 3HA
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N50E:50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scratchgravel

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES ARE FROM 701, AVERAGE OF 10 UNDERGROUND ASSAYS. TONNAGES ESTIMATED BY INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPT. OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-148.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933 USGS BULL.842,P.41-42

  • Deposit

    MBMG FILE DATA,UNPUB.,COPY TOO DIM TO REPRODUCE

  • Deposit

    KNOPF,1963,USGS MAP I-381

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THERE WERE NO ADIT DISCHARGES, SEEPS, SPRINGS, OR STREAMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. A GRATE PLACED OVER THE SHAFT DISALLOWED SAMPLING OF GROUNDWATER. ONE CAVING SHAFT WAS LOCATED ON-SITE. THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE WAS ENCLOSED BY BARBED WIRE FENCES AND LOCATED GATES. CN HEAP LEACH MATERIAL - THE CONCENTRATION OF CYANIDE IN THE MATERIAL WAS MEASURED AT 0.366 MG/KG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-AUG-1994 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.