Morning Glory

The Morning Glory is a silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 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

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Site Name

Primary: Morning Glory

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Montana
County: Jefferson

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Environmental Factors): THE TAILINGS OXIDIZED ZONE, RANGING 2 TO 4 FEET DEEP, CONTAINED SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF ARSENIC AND LEAD THAN THE UNDERLYING REDUCED ZONE. THERE WERE NO ADIT DISCHARGES, SEEPS OR SPRINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. CATARACT CREEK FLOWED ALONG THE BASE OF THE WASTE ROCK DUMPS AND TAILINGS IMPOUNDMENT. NO SURFACE WATER SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED DUE TO THE HIGH DILUTION EFFECT FROM THE CREEK. SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS IN UNCLE SAM CREEK, JUST ABOVE ITS CONFLUENCE WITH CATARACT CREEK. THE DOWNSTREAM SAMPLE SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN ARSENIC, CADMIUM, COBALT, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC CONCENTRATIONS, BUT DUE TO THE VERY HIGH CONCENTRATONS FOUND IN THE UNCLE SAM CREEK SAMPLE, NO OBSERVED RELEASE COULD BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS SITE. THE CRYSTAL MINE WAS SITUATED ON THE HEADQUARTERS OF UNCLE SAM CREEK AND WAS PROBABLY THE SOURCE OF CONTAMINANTS FOUND IN THE UNCLE SAM CREEK SAMPLE.

References

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-93.

Reference (Deposit): MONTATA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 1960,

Reference (Deposit): P. 35, ROBY-ETAL.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 428, P. 88,

Reference (Deposit): PLATE 15, 1963, BECRAFT-ETAL.

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.