The Pearl Mine is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.82188, -113.25674
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Pearl Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pearl Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-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
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): Political location in record is Powell county. However, lat/long plot 125m inside adjacent Granite county. Original coordinates are lat/long NAD27 46-49-17N 113-15-22W (46.8214 -113.2561); UTM N5187568 E327904 Z12N; PLSS Meridian- Montana Principal, 012 N, 013 W, Sect 05, Sect_fract C SE. The PLSS and UTM coordinates agree with the old lat/long. Geonames shows almost identical lat/long coordinates falling just inside Powell county using NAD83 datum. Recalculating lat/long using NAD83 datum moves point very close to location on topo sheet. So the Geonames location was used. Geonames shows 2 other locations for this deposit in Granite county so Granite county was added to the record. The PLSS section_fraction information was deleted and UTM was cleared.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 660-F, 1918, P.211-212.
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.
