Montana · Sanders County
Producer

Antimony Mines

Sanders County, Montana, United States
AntimonyZincSilverGoldCopperArsenic
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Description

Unknown

Commodities
PrimaryAntimony
TertiaryZinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR/BLANKET
Ore controlFault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite
StructureN - S Trending Anticline, North Plunging Gently Rolling Folds. Large Ne Trending Fault Near The Portal Of The Barto Adit. Steeply Dipping Fault ( 81 Deg Sw ) 1500 Ft Ne Of The Babbit Adit.
Tectonic settingBelt Basin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10070483
MRDS IDW013434
Alternate namesStibnite Hill, Barto, Babbit, Coeur D'Alene, Eureka and Ellis, Interstate
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.57209, -115.59045
References
CLENDENIN, C. W., JR., 1973, STIBNITE - BEARING VEINS AT STIBNITE HILL, SANDERS CO. MT., MT. COL. MIN. SCI. & TECH. (MASTERS THESIS.)CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP. 27 - 30 .CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 28 .