The Golden Anchor Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.47778, -112.41111
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Golden Anchor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Anchor Mine
Secondary: Black Jack
Secondary: Big Dick
Secondary: Evening Star
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Elliston 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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Golden Anchor Mining And Milling Co.
Home Office: Elliston, Mt
Production
Year: 1961
Time Period: 1952-1961
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.21 Oz Au/T, 8.26 Oz Ag/T, 7.25 % Pb, 2.55 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LOW-DIPPING TABULAR AND NEAR-VERTICAL IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN ELEVEN SAMPLES ASSAYS WERE 0.25 OZ AU/TON, 1 OZ AG/TON, 3% PB, 2% ZN ACROSS 1 FT.
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): TWO VEINS IN MINE. BLANKET VEIN IS LOW-DIPPING ZONE AS MUCH AS 60 FT. THICK; BLACK JACK-BIG DICK IS EAST-TRENDING, NEAR-VERTICAL VEIN AS MUCH AS 12 FEET WIDE
Comment (Workings): AVERAGE STOPE HEIGHT OF BLANKET VEIN IS 5 FEET, MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS AND TWO ADITS.
Comment (Location): NEAR SUMMIT OF NEGRO MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION LISTED FOR GOLDEN ANCHOR MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 30, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 14, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 265.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1151, PL: 1
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.
