The Glengarry Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 9,701 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: 9,701 Feet (2,957 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.07111, -109.95583
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Glengarry Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glengarry Mine
Secondary: Como
Secondary: Glengary
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: New World
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mine Finders Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beartooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Locally Silicified And Pyritized
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF UPPER SHAFT SHOWN ON QUADRANGLE
Comment (Development): SOME EXPLORATION REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DONE BY BEAR CREEK MINING CO. AND MINE FINDERS INC., LAKEWOOD, COLORADO.
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) PARK COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7546
Reference (Deposit): SONDEREGGER, WALLACE, AND HIGGINS, JR., 1975, ACID MINE DRAINAGE CONTROL: FINAL REPORT TO MONTANA DEPT. NAT. RES UNDER GRANT S-802671
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.
