Pony Mine

The Pony Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,402 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

Name: Pony Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Madison

Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 45.6675, -111.95278

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Pony Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pony Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1959
Time Period: 1874-1959
Mined: 633000.000 mt
Material type: ore


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein, Polymetallic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED BETWEEN PONY CREEK AND CHARCOAL CREEK

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

Comment (Production): Estimated 6.6 mt Au produced before 1901.


References

Reference (Production): USBM Minerals Yearbook 1936-59

Reference (Production): Koschmann, A.H. and Bergendahl,M.H., 1968, Principal gold-producing districts of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, 283 pp.

Reference (Deposit): 1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15

Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 6972

Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

Reference (Deposit): LORAIN 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT., USBM INF. CIR. 6972, P 29.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-21-1961

Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS - DILLON QUAD., MONT, USGS BULL 574, P. 118.

Reference (Deposit): REID, 1957, BEDROCK GEOL OF THE NORTH END OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT., MONT. BUR OF MINES & GEOL, MEM 36, PL. 1.

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING PROPERTIES, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 15, P. 58.


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.