The Golden Rod Mine is a silver, copper, lead, and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.65472, -112.31944
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Golden Rod Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Rod Mine
Secondary: Iron Rod Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Silver Star District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Golden Rod Mining Co.
Home Office: Spokane, Wa.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1868
Discovery Year: 1865
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: Bulldog Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS AND SEAMS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Numerous Minor Faults, And One Large Fault Cuts Off Vein To West.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP GRAB SAMPLE HAD 3 OZ AU/TON, 15 OZ AG/TON. (IRON ROD SHAFT)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS ATTAINED DEPTH OF 600-FT. GOLDEN ROD ADIT (1934) DROVE OVER 1,000 FT, AND ATTAINED 800-FT DEPTH. GOLDEN ROD ENCOUNTERED RICH ORE AFTER DRIFTING 800-FT ALONG CLAY SEAM.
Comment (Geology): ALL ORE IS AT LEAST PARTIALLY OXIDIZED ; GEOL.DESC: FREE GOLD OXIDIZED SULFIDE ORE. ORE SHOOTS 50 FT. LONG, SEVERAL FT. WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): DIP OF VEIN BECOMES STEEPER AT DEPTH. PARALLEL VEINS FOLLOW BANDING OF GNEISS. AT LEAST THREE VEINS ARE PRESENT, OF WHICH CENTER ONE IS MOST IMPORTANT.
References
Reference (Deposit): REYNER, M.L, 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES-1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 31, P. 65.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 19, P. 48-49.
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 19
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM. 19.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 142-143.
Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 15, 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.
