The Pay Day is a tungsten mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 8,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,251 Feet (2,515 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 46.20778, -113.09167
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Pay Day MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pay Day
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Thomas Moe And Others
Home Office: Anaconda, Mt.
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1954-1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.3% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1954
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE BEDS STRIKE N 68 E AND DIP 25 NW. THE OUTCROP IS EXPOSED FOR MORE THAN 80 FT.
Comment (Workings): TRENCHING, 595 FT DIAMOND DRILLING, WAGON DRILL HOLE TOTAL 887 FT
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF OLSON GULCH ON E SIDE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 43, 45, 51-52
Reference (Production): USBM REP INVES 5612
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.
