The Caroline and William Coleman is a lead and silver mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Caroline and William Coleman MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caroline and William Coleman
Secondary: William Coleman
Secondary: Colman Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Emery (Zosell) 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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration And Replacement By Carbonate. Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN ROCKER GULCH BELOW THE BLUE EYED MAGGIE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
Comment (Workings): MAY BE A FAULTED SEGMENT OF EMERY LODE. HANGING WALL IS WELL DEFINED, FOOTWALL IS BROKEN AND ALTERED.
Comment (Geology): LOW ANGLE REVERSE FAULTS
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 19.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 34, P. 8, 22, 27.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 282.
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.
