Mine detail: Gold Coin Mine

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.17461, -113.24563
dep_id: 10069751
mrds_id: W007422
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Platinum, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Ferruginous
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Processes, Secondary Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Cable Stock; Northeast-Trending Folds And Subparallel Faults
Reporter: Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Hasmark Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Philipsburg Batholith, Cable Stock, Faults
tectonic: In Rocky Mountains
disc_yr: 1898
prod_yrs: TO 1912, 1930-1940
References:
  • Deposit:: EARLL, F.N., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN FLINT CREEK RANGE, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 84, P. 21-23.
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., AND CALKINS, F.C., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE , MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 78, P. 153, 234-235.
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1905-1962.
  • Production:: EARLL. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1905-1962.
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