The Old Joe Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.65556, -111.95028
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Old Joe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Joe Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony (South Boulder)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Salt Lake Pioche Mining
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: F. Box
Home Office: Pony
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED ABOUT $10,000, CHIEFLY GOLD (1914) (WINCHELL, P. 123)
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-03-1961
Reference (Deposit): STOUT, ACKERMAN, 1958, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL 10, P. 42.
Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574
Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9
Reference (Deposit): 1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15
Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM 6972
Reference (Deposit): MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 14, 1960, P. 27.
Reference (Deposit): TANSLET, HART, 1933, GEOL. RECON-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO, MONT, MONT BUR OF MINES & GEOL, MEM 9, P. 25, PL 1.
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS-DILLON QUAD., MONT., USGS BULL S 74, P. 123.
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.
