Description
Richard G. Wight
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlMoulton Fault On The South End Of The Primary Ore Shoot - Fault Dips Southward, Veins Not Located
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAnkerite, Barite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Grey Feldspar Gneiss;Black Amphibolite
StructurePre - Beltian Gneisses Etc Arched Upward, Fault On South End Of Primary Ore Shoot
AlterationSome Secondary Enrichment Near Surface
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1893
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10078277
MRDS IDW026533
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.94102, -110.74278
References
ROBERTSON, A. F., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INFOR CIRCULAR NO 7589 P 24 - 26SCHAFER, P. A., 1935 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NEIHART MINING DISTRICT, CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA: MONT BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR NO. 13 P 34 - 36WEED, W. H., 1900 , GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA; U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 20TH ANN. REPORT PT 3. P 425 , 426ROBERTSON, A. F. 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) CASCADE CO., MONT., P 25