Montana · Beaverhead County
Past Producer

Ferdinand Mine

Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
LeadZincCopperSilverGold
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Description

Thomas Harrison

Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Mission Canyon
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Argenta Stock
StructureShear Zone, Stock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1865-1928 INTERM.
First production1868
Discovery year1868
Identification
Deposit ID10019857
MRDS IDDC11722
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.28101, -112.85617
References
WINCHELL, A.N., 1913, MINING DISTRICTS, DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 574, P. 68.MBMG BULL 6, P. 75-76.MYERS, W.B., 1952, GEOL. MAP OF NW WILLIS QUAD, MONT: U.S. GEOL. SUR. OPEN-FILE REPORT.MBMG BULL 85, P. 48-49.1931 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 61952 GEOLMAP MYERS, W.B., U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPOR1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, P. 49