The Old Dominion Prospect is a silver and copper mine located in Flathead county, Montana at an elevation of 5,299 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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.98444, -114.39111
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Old Dominion Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Dominion Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Flathead
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gary Volmer
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Blacktop Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VUG FILLS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Plunging Anticline Approx. 1 1/2 Mi To The E
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): TWO CLAIMS WERE LOCATED ON OCT. 8 , 1960 , OLD DOMINION NO. 1 AND OLD DOMINION NO. 2 .
Comment (Deposit): ONLY TRACES OF CU AND AG EXIST. THREE QUARTZ VEINS ARE EXPOSED, THE WIDEST OF WHICH STRIKES NW. THE OTHER TWO STRIKE NE AND E RESPECTIVELY.
Comment (Workings): VEINS ARE EXPOSED BY A ROADCUT
Comment (Geology): IN THE SMALLER VEINS THE QUARTZ IS SHATTERED
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF TRUMAN CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1964 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 42 , P. 49 .
Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 146 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-29-1971
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.
