The Glaucus Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.39333, -114.42639
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Glaucus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glaucus Mine
Secondary: Herman Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1912 - 1947
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.015 Oz/Ton Au, 1.63 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.75 % Cu, 33.08 % Pb
Year: 1926
Description: Ap_Grade: ^34 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.1 % Cu, 47 % Pb
Year: 1942
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.714 Oz/Ton Ag, 8.5 % Cu
Year: 1944
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.0171 Oz/Ton Au, 1.73 Oz/Ton Ag, 4.16 % Cu
Year: 1945
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.0145 Oz/Ton Au, 1.69 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.74 % Cu
Year: 1946
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.0186 Oz/Ton Au, 1.34 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.62 % Cu
Year: 1947
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.001 Oz/Ton Au, 1.25 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.56 % Cu
Year: 1943
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.012 Oz/Ton Au, 1.75 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.44 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD/LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Gabbroic And Dioritic Sills Present Throughout District
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): CUMMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURES DRAWN FROM THE FOLLOWING YEARS: 1912 , 1917 , 1936 , 1942 , 1943 , 1944 , 1945 , 1946 AND 1947 . AVERAGE GRADE OF AU CALCULATED FROM PRODUCTION OF LAST FIVE YEARS. AVERAGE GRADE OF PB CALCULATED FROM PRODUCTION OF FIRST 3 YEARS.
Comment (Development): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDED ONE SHAFT AND SEVERAL ADITS. AS OF 1961 ALL OPENINGS WERE CAVED. ONE ADIT WAS, FROM THE SIZE OF THE DUMP, ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 500 FT IN LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): SANDY ARGILLITE IS BLEACHED BY HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 16 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-13-1963
Reference (Production): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 16 .
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.
