Description
Ole Mining Company
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Of Latite Intrusive And Ravalli Argillite
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Barite, Beidellite, Beudantite, Latite
GangueAlunite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Ravalli Group
Associated rockLatite · Porphyritic Latite
StructureWest Of Rocky Mountain Trench, Joints In The Latite And In Country Rock At Contacts
AlterationFormation Of Silica, Pyrite, Kaolinite, And Alunite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1964
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10078280
MRDS IDW026536
Alternate namesOle Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.92266, -114.60155
References
JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES; MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 79 , P. 140 - 142.SHENON, P. J., AND TAYLOR, A. V., JR., 1936 , GEOLOGY AND ORE OCCURRENCE OF THE HOG HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 17 , 26 P.SHENON, P.J., AND TAYLOR, A.V., JR., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE OCCURRENCE OF THE HOG HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 17.JOHNS, W.M., SMITH, A.G., BARNES, W.C., GILMOUR, E.H., AND PAGE, W.A., 1963, PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA, NO. 5, WESTERN FLATHEAD COUNTY AND PART OF LINCOLN COUNTY: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36.JOHNS, W.M., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 79.1929 RECON MBMG, MEM. NO. 171962 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLS. 36 , 79JOHNS, 1970 , MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 79 , P. 141