Description
Kentucky-Vermilion Company
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Prichard Formation
StructureSnowshoe Fault And Cabinet Anticline Both Structures Trend Nw
Tectonic settingBelt Basin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10106662
MRDS IDDC08343
Alternate namesSilver Butte, Kentucky-Vermilion
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.9332, -115.50796
References
SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 124JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , PP. 31 - 52.LAWSON, D. C., 1972 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 11 .JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 79 , P 122 - 124 .MACDONALD, D. F., 1906 : ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 50 .5) LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 14.6) LAWSON, D. C., DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 12 .JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 79 , P 124 .