Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Gold, Lead
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryAntimony, Bismuth, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR LENS-LIKE SHOOTS
Ore controlBluebird-Mount Washington Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuth, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueChalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockTuff,Quartz Latite · Quartz Latite Dikes And Plugs;Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
StructureBoulder Batholith, South - Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, Quartz Latite Dikes And Plugs, Strong Fault Zone Called Big Fault Cuts Both Veins And Dike, Strike Faults Border Both Veins And Cross Them
Tectonic settingCordilleran Miogeosyncline
AlterationExtensive Alteration To Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1891
Identification
Deposit ID10071344
MRDS IDW014678
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.35629, -112.14449
References
MBMG BULL 16, P. 52, 109.USGS BULL 842, P. 236-37.USGS PP 428, P. 20, 40, 49, 69, 73, PL. 1.MBMG BULL. 16