The Gold Leaf Mine is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.83167, -113.26139
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Gold Leaf Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Leaf Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Top O'Deep District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Valley Mining Co.
Production
Not available
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
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust, Deep Creek Anticline, Mount Baldy Synclinorium.
Type: L
Description: Stock Has Intruded Northern Limb Of Deep Creek Anticline Which Trends About N 45 W.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 FT CHANNEL SAMPLE, INCLUDING 6 IN OF VEIN, CUT AT BOTTOM OF WINZE ASSAYED 0.44 TOZ AU AND 0.15 TOZ AG PER STROCK WALL ASSAY $2-3/TON AU (1917)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.5 MILE N OF TOP O' DEEP, N/2 OF NE/4 SEC. 5
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS WITHIN 200 M OF EDGE OF STOCK
Comment (Production): $7000 FROM ORE FROM OPEN CUT
Comment (Deposit): NATIVE GOLD IN QUARTZ AND WITH PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WHICH HAVE BEEN OXIDIZED TO LIMONITE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, ONE CUT 100FT LONG, AN INCLINE 40 FT DEEP, 484 FT ADIT, STOPE-RISE TO SURFACE
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 39, P. 29, 30
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 39, USGS BULL. 660
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 210, 214
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.
