The Lehigh Mine is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana.
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Lehigh Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lehigh Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Washington District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Aurora Creek Gold Mining Co,
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROX
Comment (Deposit): THE VEINS STRIKE FROM N90E TO N20E WITH DIPS FROM 30 TO 60 NW.
Comment (Workings): 2,000 F DRIFTS. PROPERTY INACTIVE IN 1949.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 2,000 FT DRIFTS, INACTIVE IN 1949
References
Reference (Deposit): TRAVERMAN, REYNER, 1950, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROP, MONT. BUR OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 31., P. 61.
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DIST. - DILLON QUAD, USGS, BULL 574 P 112, 113.
Reference (Deposit): BIENNIAL REPT OF INSP. OF MINES - 1909-10, FOR STATE OF MONT, P. 99.
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO., MONT., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6972, P 47.
Reference (Deposit): 1910 OTHER INS. OF MINES REPT. 1909-10
Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574
Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 6972
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE MBMG MEM 31.
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.
