The White Cloud Mine is a gold mine located in Ravalli county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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White Cloud Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Cloud Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Ravalli
District: Eight Mile District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1866
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sapphire Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $2.50-50.00/TON AU ($20.00/OZ UA), SMALL AMOUNT OF AG.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Selenite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 4.5 KM SE OF WHALEY MINE.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN HAS A WELL DEFINED HANGING AND FOOT WALLS. THERE HAS BEEN MOVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY ROCK SINCE THE VEIN MATERIAL HAS BEEN DEPOSITED. THE GOLD IS FOUND ENTIRELY WITHIN THE PYRITE. THE ORE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED BY THE ACTION OF ASCENDING HOT WATERS CARRING IN SOLUTION MOST OF THE VEIN FILLING.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS NEAR CREEK LEVEL, ONE 140 FT LONG EXTENDS UNDERNEATH A SURFACE GLORY HOLE, THE OTHER EXTENDS 210 FT TO INTERSECT THE SHAFT ON THE HILL AND INTERSECTS THE MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE 85-125 FT FROM THE PORTAL.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRE 1938. IN 1938 TEST LOT VALUED AT $57.00.
Comment (Geology): GRANITIC IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS FOUND IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 50-1
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 8, P. 50.
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.
