The Pony Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,402 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
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.6675, -111.95278
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Pony Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pony Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1874-1959
Mined: 633000.000 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein, Polymetallic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED BETWEEN PONY CREEK AND CHARCOAL CREEK
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Production): Estimated 6.6 mt Au produced before 1901.
References
Reference (Production): USBM Minerals Yearbook 1936-59
Reference (Production): Koschmann, A.H. and Bergendahl,M.H., 1968, Principal gold-producing districts of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, 283 pp.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15
Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 6972
Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9
Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT., USBM INF. CIR. 6972, P 29.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-21-1961
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS - DILLON QUAD., MONT, USGS BULL 574, P. 118.
Reference (Deposit): REID, 1957, BEDROCK GEOL OF THE NORTH END OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT., MONT. BUR OF MINES & GEOL, MEM 36, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING PROPERTIES, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 15, P. 58.
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.
