Old Joe Mine

The Old Joe Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 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: Old Joe Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony (South Boulder)

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Salt Lake Pioche Mining
Years: 1958 -

Owner Name: F. Box
Home Office: Pony
Years: 1958 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): MINE IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED ABOUT $10,000, CHIEFLY GOLD (1914) (WINCHELL, P. 123)

References

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-03-1961

Reference (Deposit): STOUT, ACKERMAN, 1958, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL 10, P. 42.

Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

Reference (Deposit): 1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15

Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM 6972

Reference (Deposit): MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 14, 1960, P. 27.

Reference (Deposit): TANSLET, HART, 1933, GEOL. RECON-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO, MONT, MONT BUR OF MINES & GEOL, MEM 9, P. 25, PL 1.

Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS-DILLON QUAD., MONT., USGS BULL S 74, P. 123.

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.