Old Glory Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221303
MAS/MILS ID 0300930136
Record type Site
Current site name Old Glory Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.64529, 45.7116 (WGS84)
Elevation 2294
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 001 S 008 W 31 SENWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.64529, 45.7116

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 89N
    Thickness 4M
    Length 50M
    Width 4M
    Area 2.4HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N80E:89N
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.3999
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur Eourgeois
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 1038000mt ore
    Indicated 1232000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2270000mt ore
    Inferred 1347000mt ore
    Total resources 3617000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 2.8399 g/mt Silver Trace 1977
    Gold Au 1.14 g/mt Gold Trace 1977
    Copper Cu 34 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILVER BOW COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, MINING DISTRICTS OF DILLON QUADRANGLE MONT. A

  • Deposit

    CENT AREAS, 1914.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references