The Dryden is a gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.03194, -110.58056
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Dryden MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dryden
Secondary: Dryden Adit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Crevasse
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON DRY CREEK
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): LODE ZONE AVERAGES 3 FEET WIDE IN LENSES AND INTERVENING SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G.F., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE JARDINE CREVASSE MTN. DIST., PARK CO., MONT., MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL MEM 23, P 110.
Reference (Deposit): REED, G.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS-PARK CO., MONT., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7546., P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW, H, ET AL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA. AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEET GRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 82, 37.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-27-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE MBMG. MEM 23
Reference (Deposit): 1956 COMPILE USBM INF. CIRC. 7546
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM WEDON, BULL 1391-B.
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.
