The Deadwood Gulch Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.30167, -114.94250
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Deadwood Gulch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deadwood Gulch Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Keystone 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mine Is On The Overturned Northward-Dipping Limb Of The Keystone Syncline.
Type: L
Description: Small Scale Faulting Which Has Offset The Ore Bearing Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OCCURS IN A NARROW ZONE OF SHEARING PARALLEL TO THE FOLIATION OF THE PHYLLITE. QUARTZ IS PREDOMINANT WITH SULFIDES APPEARING LOCALLY. IN PLACES VEIN CONSISTS OF ONLY SMALL DISCONTINUOUS PODS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LOWER ADIT, WHICH IS ONLY PARTLY ACCESSIBLE, AN UPPER ADIT 220 FEET ABOVE THE LOWER ONE AND A SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFT 38 FT ABOVE THE UPPER ADIT.
Comment (Geology): BEDDING PLANES HAVE GENERALLY BEEN COMPLETELY OBLITERATED BY A PRONOUNCED CLEAVAGE THAT GENERALLY STRIKES W AND DIPS FROM VERTICAL TO 70 DEG S.
Comment (Location): NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF SLOWAY GULCH
References
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS-SUPERIOR AREA MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I, PP. 597 - 598 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-08-1963
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.
