Description
C.D. Storer, Walkerville, And R.B. Farnsworth, Virginia City
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlReplacement In Marble
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockMarble · Cherry Creek Series, Marble-Gneiss
Associated rockDiorite
StructureTobacco Root Batholith, Mine Is On Nose Of N30e Plunging Horse Creek Synform
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsTO 1950
First production1934
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10108511
MRDS IDDC11100
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.45823, -112.08892
References
REYNER, M.L., 1949, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, P. 71.MBMG MEM 41, P. 18.LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956 PHD, U OF MICH