The John Coyle is a mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,250 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: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.325, -113.26420
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John Coyle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: John Coyle
Secondary: Coyle
Secondary: Coyle Glory Hole
Secondary: Torrit
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Trout Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Pennsylvania
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Wad
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): ANON,NO DATE,COYLE MINE USBM UNPUB RPT
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE,1922,USGS BULL 725C P160
Reference (Deposit): PRINZ,1967,USGS BULL.1237,P39,53,54,PL1,PL8
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.
