The Perfect Day Lode Claim is a gold, silver, tungsten, copper, molybdenum, lead, and manganese mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,900 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: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Manganese
Lat, Long: 45.56667, -111.96667
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Perfect Day Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Perfect Day Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Lead
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Potosi
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Roy Grigg
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLE 679 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - SILVER: TRACE, MOLYBDENUM: 0.60 LB. PER TON, COPPER: TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE: 0.154 STU 65% GRADE
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLE 2017 FROM NORTH OF DEV. CUT NO. 2-1
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLE 679 FROM DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 2 - 1961: SILVER - TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - 0.10%, 1962: COPPER - TRACE, MOLYBDENUM - 0.03%
Analytical Data: ASSAY REPORT { SAMPLE 677 FROM THE DISCOVERY ADIT - 1961: GOLD - 0.28 OZ. PER TON, SILVER - 0.30 OZ. PER TON, TUNGSTEN OXIDE - 0.14%, 2ND 1962: NO MO OR BEO {{ SAMPLE 678 FROM THE DISCOVERY ADIT - GOLD - TRACE, SILVER - 0.20 OZ. PER TON, TUNGSTEN OXIDE - 0.20%
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLES 677 AND 678 WERE RECALULATED UNDER THE 1965 PRICES.
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLE PD-2010 FROM DIS. ADIT - GOLD: TRACE, SILVER: 0.15 OZ. PER TON, LEAD: 9.0 LB. PER TON, MOLYBDENUM: TRACE
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLE PD-2009 FROM DIS. ADIT - GOLD: 0.02 OZ. PER TON, SILVER: 0.10 OZ. PER TON
Analytical Data: {{ ASSAY REPORT FOR 1965 { SAMPLE PD-2008 FROM DIS. ADIT - GOLD: TRACE, COPPER: TRACE, SILVER: 0.20 OZ. PER TON
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLE 680 FROM DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 2 - 1961: SILVER - TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - TRACE, 1962: COPPER - TRACE, MOLYBDENUM - TRACE, 2ND 1962: NO BEO
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLE PD 2006 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - GOLD, SILVER, COPPER: TRACE SAMPLE PD 2007 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - GOLD AND COPPER: TRACE, SILVER: 0.10 OZ. PER TON
Analytical Data: {{ SAMPLE 680 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - SILVER: TRACE, COPPER: TRACE, MOLYBDENUM: TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE: 0.0165 STU 65% GRADE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALL LOCATIONS ESTIMATED FROM SECTION CORNERS; GOOD TO WITHIN ONE MILE OF EXACT LOCATION.
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM DISCOVERY ADIT AND DEVELOPMENT CUTS NO. 2, NO. 2-A, NO. 4.
Comment (Workings): IMPROVEMENT ON CLAIM { DISCOVERY ADIT: THE PORTAL IS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE. A 2-3 FOOT WIDE VEIN STRUCTURE IS EXPOSED AT THE CAVED IN PORTAL. ABOUT A 60 W DIP. {{ DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 2 - 175 FEET LONG BY 15 FEET WIDE BY 4-6 FEET DEEP. A SHALLOW TRENCH IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT ABOUT 20 FEET. {{ DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 3 - 15 FEET WIDE BY 4-5 FEET IN DEPTH, 78 FEET LONG. {{ IMPROVEMENT ON CLAIM 1965 { DISCOVERY ADIT: REPORTED LENGTH OF 45 FEET. {{ DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 2 - TRENCH LOCATED TO THE NORTH IS CLASSED NO. 2-A. {{ IMPROVEMENTS ON CLAIM 1968 { DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 4 - THE CUT IS ACTUALLY NOW PART OF THE ROADBED PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE CLAIMS AND CUTS ACROSS A SPUR RIDGE EXPOSING THE BEDROCK AT SEVERAL PLACES ALONG THE WEST BANK OF THE ROAD.
Comment (Geology): TOBACCO ROOT BATHOLITH: THIS BATHOLITH HAS INTRUDED THE PRE-BELTIAN, PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DURING LARAMIDE OROGENY, WHICH OCCURED IN THIS AREA DURING LATE CRETACEOUS OR EARLY EOCENE TIME. {{ SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS: PLEISTOCENE MORAINE AND RECENT STREAM ALLUVIUM WHICH COVER THE CANYON FLOOR. {{ METAMORPHIC ROCKS: MADE UP OF THOUSANDS OF FEET OF DARK-COLORED GNEISSES AND SCHISTS BELONGING TO THE PONY SERIES OF PRECAMBRIAN AGE. {{ IGNEOUS ROCKS: THE TYPICAL IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE QUARTZ-MONZONITE COMPOSED OF ABOUT 20% QUARTZ, 30% ORTHOCLASE, 40% PLAGIOCLASE, FLEDSPARS, LESS THAN 3% BIOTITE, AND 1% HORNBLENDE. ACCESSORY MINERALS ARE ABOUT 2% SPHENE, 1% APATITE, AND 2% MAGNETITE AND SULFIDES (PYRITE).
References
Reference (Deposit): 1961 DIREXPL USFS
Reference (Deposit): 1965 DIREXPL USFS
Reference (Deposit): 1968 DIREXPL USFS
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.
