Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePolymetallic veins, Au-Ag
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsTetrahedrite, Gold, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockMonzonite · Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss
StructureAplite Intrusion
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1902
Identification
Deposit ID10070464
MRDS IDW013408
Alternate namesVirginia City
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.23157, -111.96058
References
TANSLEY ET. AL., 1933, GEO. RECON. TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO., MT., MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 9.LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO. MT., U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.LAWSON, 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972.