Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS AND LENSES
Ore controlTiger-Peterson Fault, Clendennin Laccolith; Moulton, Tw - Mixes Baldy Fault, Limestone, Mixes Baldy Laccolith
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Madison Limestone;Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite · Galena Creek Porphyry;Hughesville Stock, Hughesville Quartz Monzonite;Mixes Baldy Laccolith, Wolf Porphyry;Clendennin Laccolith, Clendennin Mountain Porphyry
StructureZone Of Laccoliths And Other Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km, Lone Tree Syncline, Peterson Fault, Mixes Baldy - Anderson Peak Fault, Hughesville Stock
Tectonic settingRocky Mountain Foreland
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10071354
MRDS IDW014691
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.09102, -110.61501
References
ROBERTSON, A. F., AND ROBY, R. N., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7602, 48 P.WITKIND, I. J., 1973, IGNEOUS ROCKS AND RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARKER QUADRANGLE, LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 752, 58 P.USBM I.C. 7602