Mine detail: Golden Rod Mine

Previously called 'Iron Rod Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.65462, -112.32031

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR SHOOTS AND SEAMS
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1933-1942
First production started:	1868

Geology

Host rock:	Pre Belt Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Lamprophyre Dikes
Associated type:	Lamprophyre
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, Numerous Minor Faults, And One Large Fault Cuts Off Vein To West.
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC11360
DEP	10019749
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 142-143.}{Deposit:: GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 15, P. 50.}{Deposit:: REYNER, M.L, 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES-1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 31, P. 65.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 19, P. 48-49.}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574}{Deposit:: 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 19}{Production:: MBMG MEM. 19.}
Reporter	Unknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)