The York is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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York MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: York
Secondary: Cabin
Secondary: Bar Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: York
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1993
Mined: 404345.250 g
Material type: Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Deposit Type: Sediment-hosted, disseminated Au
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A geologic resource of more than 7,000,000 oz Au occurs in stratiform potassic reefs in the Proterozoic Greyson Fm. Reefs (mineralized stratigraphic horizons) average 0.01 to 0.015 oz Au/ton and extend for miles.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reported resource is a reserve for the Cabin-Bar Gulch area. Location coordinates at the Cabin area.
References
Reference (Production): Pardee, J.T. and Schrader, F.C., 1933, Metalliferous deposits of the greater Helena mining region, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 842, 318 p.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Foster and Childs, 1993
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Thorson and others, 1999
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.
