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Glengarry Mine

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071329
MRDS ID W014660
Record type Site
Current site name Glengarry Mine
Alternate or previous names Como, Glengary
Related records 10294937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.95662, 45.07103 (WGS84)
Elevation 2957
Relative position ABOUT 8 KM NORTH OF COOKE CITY, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clarks Fork Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 014E 02,11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION OF UPPER SHAFT SHOWN ON QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Locally Silicified And Pyritized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Gabbro;Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Gabbro;Monzonite Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gros Ventre Formation Limestone, Shale
    Rock description Gros Ventre Formation Limestone, Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.95662, 45.07103
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 700M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Host Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name New World

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mine Finders Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1000M
    Overall depth 150M

Comments on development

  • SOME EXPLORATION REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DONE BY BEAR CREEK MINING CO. AND MINE FINDERS INC., LAKEWOOD, COLORADO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) PARK COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7546

  • Deposit

    SONDEREGGER, WALLACE, AND HIGGINS, JR., 1975, ACID MINE DRAINAGE CONTROL: FINAL REPORT TO MONTANA DEPT. NAT. RES UNDER GRANT S-802671

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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