The Gold Coin Mine is a gold mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.68611, -112.97639
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Gold Coin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Coin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Quartz Hill (Vipond) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NARROW STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Fracturing
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO CAVED ADITS
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS REPORTEDLY WORKED PRE-1900 FOR HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 4
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 135
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
