Montana · Jefferson County
Past Producer
Solar Mine
Jefferson County, Montana, United States
Gold
Lead
Silver
Copper
Arsenic
Antimony
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Commodities
Primary
Gold, Lead, Silver
Secondary
Copper
Tertiary
Arsenic, Antimony
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Ore control
Fault Zone In Quartz Monzonite
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Tetrahedrite
Gangue
Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rock
Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite · Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Structure
Fault Zone That Trends N 70-80 E, Dips Steeply North
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1896
Identification
Deposit ID
10015840
MRDS ID
DB02094
Alternate names
Solar and Pearl, Solar Pearl
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
46.40184, -112.31756
References
MBMG BULL 16, P. 36, 105.USGS BULL 1151, P. 116, PL. 1.MBMG BULL 16, P. 105.