The Little Daisy Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.68611, -112.49583
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Little Daisy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Daisy Mine
Secondary: Includes Little Daisy
Secondary: Orient
Secondary: Maggie
Secondary: Alice Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Ophir 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
Owner Name: J. W. Allen
Owner Name: Fred Valiton
Home Office: Deer Lodge, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1889
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Antimony
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 OR MORE VEINS, DAISY-VEIN DESCRIBED ABOVE. ORIENT VEIN TRENDS EAST, DIPS 60 NNW AND IS 4-8 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: JULY, 1889
Comment (Location): 14.8 KM NNW OF ELLISTON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
Comment (Production): $3000 IN AG-AU ORE WITH SOME PB. $40/TON FOR ORE
Comment (Workings): 100 FT. TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 30.
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.
