The Garnet Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.645, -111.93500
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Garnet Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Garnet Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bessie Connor
Years: 1935 -
Owner Name: J. C. Kneedler
Years: 1931 -
Production
Year: 1905
Time Period: 1898 - 1905
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 5 %
Year: 1905
Time Period: 1898 - 1905
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 0.3 Oz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD WHICH PARALLELS CATARACT CREEK.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 175,000 ST ORE.
Comment (Workings): PRODUCTION FROM TWO VEINS THE GALENA AND THE 149. MINE AT ONE TIME WAS EQUIPED WITH 20 STAMP MILL, PLATES, & VANNERS.
Comment (Geology): CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK IN PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 5, P. 25, 29.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 15, P. 49.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG SP PUB 75, P. 93.
Reference (Deposit): 1933 GEOLMAP M.B.M.G. MEM 9
Reference (Deposit): 1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15
Reference (Deposit): 1977 COMPILE MBMG SP PUB. 75
Reference (Production): LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972
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.
