The Hold Fast-Short Shift-Goldenwedg Mines is a gold and silver mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.20833, -113.23333
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Hold Fast-Short Shift-Goldenwedg Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hold Fast-Short Shift-Goldenwedg Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) 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
Owner Name: Sentinel Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Year Last Production: 1942
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: Cable Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
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
Analytical Data: AU AND AG IN ROUGHLY EQUAL AMOUNTS
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINES ON BOUNDARY OF SECTIONS 4 AND 9. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): SAID TO PRODUCE $1500000 BY 1940.
Comment (Development): INFORMATION FOR HOLDFAST STARTS IN 1910-1942. SHORTSHIFT INFORMATION STARTS FROM 1914 TO 1935. GOLDENWEDGE STARTED IN 1922 TO 1923.
Comment (Deposit): SE EXTENSION OF SOUTHERN CROSS VEIN. OXIDATION OF ORE IS NEARLY COMPLETE. 5 LEVELS
Comment (Workings): SHORT SHIFT, GOLDEN WEDGE OPERATED FROM UNDERGROUND ACCESS IN HOLD FAST MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 84, P. 34, 37
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 20, P. 20. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1910-1942
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.
