Goat Creek

The Goat Creek is a molybdenum and tungsten mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 5,820 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

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Site Name

Primary: Goat Creek
Secondary: Liver Peak
Secondary: Goat Creek Tungsten Claims

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Sanders

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Mr. And Mrs. William Alexander

Owner Name: Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)

Owner Name: Carpenter Casr, Ben Cox

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Mo Skarn? LF porphyry Mo (?)
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Structure: pluton

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: biotite hornfels

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: skarn

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: WO3 0.06 IN ASR SAMPLES,COX SHOWED NO WO3 OR MO

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Location): 029 W PLS came from MRDS record no. D004152, Deposit ID 10010481, which was deleted as duplicate.

Comment (Deposit): Probable deposit type I under probably new model.

Comment (Geology): skarn with tungsten; stockwork of moly in veinlets in the pluton, and in scheelite, which occurs in the calc-silicate contact metamorphic zone (Harrison and others, 1986)

References

Reference (Deposit): Canadian & American MINESCAN Folio, 2009-2010, CD

Reference (Deposit): Harrison, J.E., Leach, D.L., Kleinkopf, D.M., and Long, C.L., 1986, Resource appraisal map for porphyry molybdenum-tungsten, platinum-group metals, and epithermal silver deposits in the Wallace 1o x 2o quadrangle, Montana and Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1509-H.

Reference (Deposit): 1969, THIS MONTH IN MINING: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL

Reference (Deposit): 1969 DIREXPL ASARC

Reference (Deposit): Worthington, J.E., 2007, Porphyry and other molybdenum deposits of Idaho and Montana: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 07-3, 22 p.

Reference (Deposit): FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MT

Reference (Deposit): Brookstrom, A.A., Box, S.E., and Zientek, M.L., 1995, Porphyry Mo deposit, descriptive model 21b [Tract 143], in Box, S.E., Bookstrom, A.A., Michael L. Zientek, M.L., Derkey, P.D., Ashley R.P., James E. Elliot, J.E., and Stephen G. Peters, S.G., eds., Assessment of undiscovered mineral resources in the pacific northwest: a contribution to the interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 95-682, p 196-197.

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