Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein, Polymetallic
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlVeins Located Near Gneiss Contact With Quartz Monzonite Tobacco Root Batholith.
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10019893
MRDS IDDC11827
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.6674, -111.95364
References
GILBERT, 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING PROPERTIES, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 15, P. 58.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.WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS - DILLON QUAD., MONT, USGS BULL 574, P. 118.CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-21-1961LORAIN 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT., USBM INF. CIR. 6972, P 29.1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 5741933 RECON MBMG MEM 91935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 151937 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 6972Koschmann, A.H. and Bergendahl,M.H., 1968, Principal gold-producing districts of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, 283 pp.USBM Minerals Yearbook 1936-59