The Thursday Prospect is a gold mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 8,235 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: 8,235 Feet (2,510 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.30896, -112.54670
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Thursday Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thursday Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Leadville 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
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): Political location in record is Jefferson county. However, original lat/long plots 130 m inside adjacent Powell county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-18-40N 112-33-24W (46.3111 -112.5567, WGS84 46.30896 -113.5467); UTM N5129574 E380138 Z12N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 006 N, RNG 008 W, Sect 01, Sect_fract NENENW. The PLSS coords are at WGS84 46.30896 -113.5467, the same latitude, but 0.01 degrees east. This point falls in Jefferson county and is in the midst of 5 other MRDS Leadville District records. So the lat/long was changed to agree with the PLSS coordinates, county name, and district name.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 41-88, 1988, APPENDIX
Reference (Deposit): B, NO. 25, P. 89.
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.
