Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Lead
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlVeins Thicker Where Dip Angle Decreases-Suggest Fissure Is In Part A Reverse Fault With Strike-Slip Movement
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Andesite · Lower Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics-Andesite Flows
AlterationWallrock Silicified, Bleached, And Pyritized For 6 To 8 Feet On Each Side Of The Vein.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10042799
MRDS IDM060834
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.37629, -111.71337
References
SCHELL, E.M., 1963, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARK (INDIAN CREEK) DISTRICT, BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 35REED, G.C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7592, P. 48-49KLEPPER, M.R., RUPPEL, E.T., FREEMAN, V.L. AND WEEKS, R.A., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, EAST FLANK OF THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 665, P. 42SCHELL, E.M., 1963, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 35 AND OME FILES.