Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
SecondaryGold
TertiaryUranium, Molybdenum, Antimony, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSHOOTS
Ore controlComet-Gray Eagle Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAnkerite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockWelded Tuff
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Welded Tuff · Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
StructureBoulder Batholith, South-Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, Comet - Gray Eagle Shear Zone, Roof Pendant Of Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Tectonic settingCordilleran Miogeosyncline
AlterationSericitization And Intense Alteration Of Quartz Monzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1902
Discovery year1891
Identification
Deposit ID10071368
MRDS IDW014710
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.31323, -112.19977
References
MBMG BULL-16, P. 29-30USGS BULL 527, P. 121USGS BULL 842, P. 287-89.USGS PP 428, P. 40, 42, 53, 54, 84, 86.MBMG BULL 7.MBMG BULL 10, P. 25MBMG BULL 16, P. 30