The Reliance Claim is a gold mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 6,640 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: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.2, -113.24444
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Reliance Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reliance Claim
Secondary: Reliance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: West Of Granite Contact Cable Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Replaced By Quartz
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS RUDELY PARALLEL TO GRANITE CONTACT WHICH LIES TO THE WEST. THE HANGING WALL IS LIGHT-GRAY LST AND THE FOOTWALL IS MORE COMPACT AND DARKER. LOCALLY QUARTZ REPLACES LST.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, WINZE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 236.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG 1C 13, PL. 4.
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.
