Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper
SecondaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR SHOOTS, TABULAR
Ore controlDolomite-Shale Contact, Crest And Flanks Of Anticline, Dolomite Bedding-Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Embolite, Freibergite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
GangueBarite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Hasmark;Red Lion Formation
StructureArea May Be Roof Pendant Between Pioneer And Boulder Batholiths, Quartz Hill Anticline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1867
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10010815
MRDS IDD004800
Alternate namesQuartz Hill, Argyle, Jay Hawk
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.71489, -112.8995
References
USGS BULL 574.GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 15, P. 5.LORAIN, S.H., 1937, MINING METHODS, COSTS OF QUARTZ HILL MINING CO: U.S. BUR MINES, INF. CIRC. 6963GOUDARZI, H., 1941, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS, QUARTZ HILL AREA, MT: MT. COLL. OF MIN. SCI AND TECH., M.S. THESIS,TAYLOR, A.V., 1942, QUARTZ HILL DISTRICT IN NEWHOUSE, W.H., ED. ORE DEPOSITS AS RELATED TO STRUCTURAL FEATURES: PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS.GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 85, P. 137REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MT. MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 31, P. 8.MBMG BULL 85, P. 137.1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 5741972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85