The Gold Coin Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.1753, -113.24580
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Gold Coin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Coin Mine
Secondary: Gold Coin Project
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Georgetown 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
Owner Name: Gold Coin Mining Co. Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1998
Years: 1984 -
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE TAILINGS WERE PARTIALLY REVEGETATED NATURALLY. THERE WERE NO FLOWING ADITS, FILLED SHAFTS, SEEPS, OR SPRINGS OBSERVED AT THE SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. A SURFACE WATER SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED FROM DAILY LAKE; NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED. THE PH MEASUREMENT IN THE LAKE SAMPLE WAS 8.39. ONE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OPEN ADIT WAS OBSERVED AT THE SITE; ALL OTHER ADITS WERE CLOSED AND THE SHAFT WAS FENCED.
Comment (Location): ALSO IN SEC. 21.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY IC 20, 1957, P. 13.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1913, P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1944, PP. 5-51.
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.
