The Old Glory Mine is a mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 7,526 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: 7,526 Feet (2,294 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.7117, -112.64440
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Old Glory Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Glory Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Unorganized District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arthur Eourgeois
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1934
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: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): SILVER BOW COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, MINING DISTRICTS OF DILLON QUADRANGLE MONT. A
Reference (Deposit): CENT AREAS, 1914.
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.
