The Day and Harvey Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.74972, -112.57361
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Day and Harvey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Day and Harvey Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Moose Creek 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: Alex Leggatt
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Moose Creek Pluton
Type: L
Description: Fault Strikes N20w
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): EARLY ORE WAS SHIPPED TO HIGHLAND OR ARGENTA UNTIL A MILL WAS BUILT ON THE MINE.
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST A DOZEN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL ADITS. DUMPS COVER WHOLE AREA.
Comment (Production): ORE VALUES RANGED FROM $200 TO $3500 PER TON IN LATE 1860'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 90.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 25, P. 51.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-10-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 574
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 32
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.
