Garnet Mine

The Garnet Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,640 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: Garnet Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Madison

Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold

Lat, Long: 45.645, -111.93500

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Garnet Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Garnet Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Pony District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Bessie Connor
Years: 1935 -

Owner Name: J. C. Kneedler
Years: 1931 -


Production

Year: 1905
Time Period: 1898 - 1905
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 5 %
Year: 1905
Time Period: 1898 - 1905
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 0.3 Oz/St


Deposit

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


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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD WHICH PARALLELS CATARACT CREEK.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 175,000 ST ORE.

Comment (Workings): PRODUCTION FROM TWO VEINS THE GALENA AND THE 149. MINE AT ONE TIME WAS EQUIPED WITH 20 STAMP MILL, PLATES, & VANNERS.

Comment (Geology): CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK IN PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS.


References

Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 5, P. 25, 29.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 15, P. 49.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG SP PUB 75, P. 93.

Reference (Deposit): 1933 GEOLMAP M.B.M.G. MEM 9

Reference (Deposit): 1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15

Reference (Deposit): 1977 COMPILE MBMG SP PUB. 75

Reference (Production): LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972


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.