Garnet Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070467
MRDS ID W013412
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet Mine
Related records 10148979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.93586, 45.6449 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES SW OF PONY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 003W 23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD WHICH PARALLELS CATARACT CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pony Formation; Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Formation; Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.93586, 45.6449

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Width 7M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK IN PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pony District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. C. Kneedler
    First year 1931
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bessie Connor
    First year 1935

Production statistics

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 175,000 ST ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRODUCTION FROM TWO VEINS THE GALENA AND THE 149. MINE AT ONE TIME WAS EQUIPED WITH 20 STAMP MILL, PLATES, & VANNERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 25, 29.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP PUB 75, P. 93.

  • Deposit

    1933 GEOLMAP M.B.M.G. MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15

  • Deposit

    1977 COMPILE MBMG SP PUB. 75

  • Production

    LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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