Montana · Lewis and Clark County
Past Producer
Whitlatch-Union Mine
Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States
Gold
Silver
Copper
Lead
Zinc
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Description
James W. Whitlatch
Commodities
Primary
Gold
Secondary
Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Polymetallic veins
Model
85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Materials
Ore minerals
Gold
Gangue
Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite · Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Structure
Boulder Batholith
Alteration
Slight Oxidation
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1864
Identification
Deposit ID
10015848
MRDS ID
DB02105
Alternate names
Owyhee and Mcintye Inclines
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
46.54796, -112.09366
References
USGS BULL 842, P. 210.USGS BULL 527, P. 99-100.MBMG MEM 31, P. 56-57.MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO. MEM. 31, P. 56-57.