Montana · Deer Lodge County
Past Producer
Southern Cross Mine
Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States
Silver
Gold
Copper
Arsenic
Bismuth
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Commodities
Primary
Silver, Gold
Secondary
Copper
Tertiary
Arsenic, Bismuth
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Polymetallic veins
Model
{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
IRREGULAR AND COMPLEX, Tabular
Materials
Ore minerals
Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Tennantite, Gold, Azurite
Gangue
Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Hasmark Formation
Structure
"Philipsburg Batholith", "Cable Stock"
Tectonic setting
"Cordilleran Miogeosyncline"
Alteration
"Ferruginous And Oxidized"
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1872
Last production
1942
Discovery year
1866
Identification
Deposit ID
10069779
MRDS ID
W007461
Alternate names
George Town, Red Nell, Cable
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
46.20917, -113.23306
References
{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 84, P. 34, 35, 37.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 74, P. 231-34.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 31, P. 21.}{Deposit:: USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1905-1942.}{Deposit:: 1906 GEOLMAP EMMONS AND CALKINS}{Deposit:: GEOLMAP MBMG EARLL}