The Morning Glory Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.31778, -112.24306
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Morning Glory Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Glory Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Basin (Cataract, Comet) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Milton, Gilmer, Boulder, Mt. And M. H. Dorweiler, W. Nebraska St., Algona, Iowa 50511
Owner Name: Milton Gilmer
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith; South-Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Type: L
Description: Comet-Gray Eagle Shear Zone, Roof Pendant Of Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wallrock Altered To Clay Minerals And Sericite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY 1945-1947, 507 TONS OF ORE, 0.18 OZ/TON AU, 28.3 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, 245 FT FLOODED SHAFT, MILL SITE
Comment (Deposit): ORE WITH ABUNDANT CARBONATE MINERALS CONTAINS LESS GALENA AND SPHALERITE AND IS VERY LOW IN SILVER. NARROW ORE SHOOTS HAVE BEEN MINED FROM 4 IRREGULAR VEINS WITHIN A WIDE ALTERED CRUSHED ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 35, 104.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 53, 88, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 58, P. 20.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL. 16, P. 104
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.
