Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR, NARROW QUARTZ VEINS
Ore controlOre Shoots Follow Limestone Members Where Cut By Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena
GangueCalcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble · Cherry Creek Series
StructureTobacco Root Batholith, Overturned, Isoclinal Folds Plunge N 10 W, 24 Nw.
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1900
Identification
Deposit ID10107298
MRDS IDW013450
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.52157, -112.08447
References
MBMG MEM 9.USBM IC 6972.LAWSON, 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85.BURGER, R.H., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON, CO., MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 41, P. 21 GILBERT, F.C., DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM. 15, P. 53.