Glengarry Mine

Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108499
MRDS ID DC10828
Record type Site
Current site name Glengarry Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51617, 46.01073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 18 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF THE NO. 3 MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Enargite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51617, 46.01073

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rarus Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N80W
    Dip 50-60S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940 IS

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED FOR 1922, 1924, 1925, 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 191-92.

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1938

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS CUT OFF AND DISPLACED BY SEVERAL MINOR FAULTS. THE WIDTH VARIES FROM 6-15 FT. THE VEIN IS SHATTERED AND IMPREGNATED WITH ENARGITE AND CHALCOCITE TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT. THE MINERALS BECOME LESS BELOW THAT LEVEL, THE VEIN BECOMING A SOLID MASS OF PYRITE AND QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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