Dryden

The Dryden is a gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 7,999 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: 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.