The Glengarry Mine is a copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Glengarry Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glengarry Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Rarus Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST OF THE NO. 3 MINE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED FOR 1922, 1924, 1925, 1938
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS CUT OFF AND DISPLACED BY SEVERAL MINOR FAULTS. THE WIDTH VARIES FROM 6-15 FT. THE VEIN IS SHATTERED AND IMPREGNATED WITH ENARGITE AND CHALCOCITE TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT. THE MINERALS BECOME LESS BELOW THAT LEVEL, THE VEIN BECOMING A SOLID MASS OF PYRITE AND QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P. 191-92.
Reference (Deposit): USGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1938
Reference (Production): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.
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.
