Montana · Beaverhead County
Past Producer
Elkhorn Mine
Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
Silver
Lead
Copper
Molybdenum
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Description
Preston Sheldon
Commodities
Primary
Silver, Lead, Copper
Tertiary
Molybdenum
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
Y
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Quartz Monzonite
Structure
Comet Fault Trends N - S, Mono Fault
Tectonic setting
Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1872
Discovery year
1872
Identification
Deposit ID
10070491
MRDS ID
W013444
Alternate names
Old Elkhorn
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
45.48989, -113.03979
References
MBMG BULL 851914 COMPILE WINCHELL, A.N., SURVEY OF MINING DISTRICTS OF DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA, BULLETIN 574, P. 168 - 170GEACH, MBMG BULL. 85