The Lady of the Lake Complex is a platinum, gold, and palladium mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 10,000 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Platinum, Gold, Palladium
Lat, Long: 45.515, -111.96750
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Lady of the Lake Complex MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lady of the Lake Complex
Commodity
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Gold
Primary: Palladium
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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: UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU+PT+PD=1.3 PPM MAX. IN SULFIDE RICH ZONES
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED DURING SCIENTIFIC STUDY. ECONOMIC FEASABILITY OF AREA HAS NOT BEEN STUDIED
Comment (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: MAGMATIC SEGREGATION.
Comment (Geology): COMMON PB COMPOSITION OF SPHENE SUGGESTS 1,000 MA AGE. GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ARE BROAD; COMPLEX INTRUDES 2.5 GA GNEISSES AND IS INTRUDED BY CRET TOBACCO ROOT BATHOLITH. COMPLEX IS COMPOSED OF NORITE, ANORTHOSITIC ROCKS, OXIDE CUMULATES, ORTHOPYROXENE COMULATES, AND GRANOPHYRE
Comment (Location): IN BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST
References
Reference (Deposit): HORN, L., COYNER, S., MUELLER, P., AND HEATHERINGTON, A., 1991, THE LADY OF THE LAKE COMPLEX: A NEWLY DISCOVERED, LAYERED, MAFIC INTRUSION, TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, SW MONTANA [ ABS.]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. XX, P. A329.
Reference (Deposit): HORN, L., MUELLER, P., AND HEATHERINGTON, A., 1992, GEOCHEMISTRY OF A LAYERED MAFIC INTRUSION: THE LADY OF THE LAKE COMPLEX, TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA [ABS.]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. XX, P. A262.
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.
