Pony Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019893
MRDS ID DC11827
Record type Site
Current site name Pony Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95364, 45.6674 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 3 MILES WNW 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 15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BETWEEN PONY CREEK AND CHARCOAL CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95364, 45.6674

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Located Near Gneiss Contact With Quartz Monzonite Tobacco Root Batholith.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Pony

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1874-1959
    Material ore
    Ore mined 633000mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Cu Copper Copper 0.8mt
    Major Ag Silver Silver 8mt
    Major Au Gold Gold 11mt

Comments on the production information

  • Estimated 6.6 mt Au produced before 1901.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Koschmann, A.H. and Bergendahl,M.H., 1968, Principal gold-producing districts of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, 283 pp.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING PROPERTIES, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 15, P. 58.

  • Production

    USBM Minerals Yearbook 1936-59

  • Deposit

    REID, 1957, BEDROCK GEOL OF THE NORTH END OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT., MONT. BUR OF MINES & GEOL, MEM 36, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS - DILLON QUAD., MONT, USGS BULL 574, P. 118.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-21-1961

  • Deposit

    LORAIN 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT., USBM INF. CIR. 6972, P 29.

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 6972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references