Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, LENTICULAR, PODS
Ore controlNorthwest-Trending Veins, Zones Of Brecciation And Fracturing In Headlight Marble Bed, Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Lead, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Realgar
Geology
Host rockMarble,Limestone · Jefferson-Limestone Jefferson Limestone;Maywood Formationmaywood Formation
StructurePhilipsburg Batholith, Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Tectonic settingCordilleran Miogeosyncline
AlterationRed Lion Limestone Metamorphosed To Marble
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1878
Identification
Deposit ID10071348
MRDS IDW014682
Alternate namesMoorlight Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.33545, -113.26759
References
USGS BULL 922-G, P. 157-204.USBM REP INVES 4723, 57 P.USGS BULL 725, P. 146-174.USGS PP 78, P. 210.USGS BULL 1237, P. 31-57, PLATES.USBM RI 4723, MINERALS YEARBOOKS, USGS BULL. 922-G, USGS PP 78, P. 210.