The Grey Rock Claim is a gold mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 6,240 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: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.17806, -113.10694
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Grey Rock Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grey Rock Claim
Secondary: Bung Your Eye
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Olson Gulch 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 Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Location): 2.2 KM N OF WARM SPRING CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Deposit): METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE MAGNETITE. BEFORE MEAMORPHISM OF THE LIMESTONE THE GRANITE AND LIMESTONE WERE FRACTURED NEAR THE CONTACT. THE FRACTURED ZONE IS SAID TO CARRY GOLD.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S (?)
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 244.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 84, P. 33, 35
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.
