Description
Walter Mclaren
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formFLAT LYING
Ore controlMineable Ore Contained Within Altered Contact Zone, Most Intense Mineralization At Intersections Of Fracture Network
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Big Horn Formation, Limestone;Gallatin Limestone, Thin Bedded Limestones & Shales;Gros Ventre Formation, Limestone And Shale;Flathead Quartzite
Associated rockMonzonite · Porphyritic Monzonite Stock;Breccias, Andesite-Dacite
StructureAbsaroka - Beartooth Uplift
AlterationArgillization, Propylitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1933
Discovery year1933
Identification
Deposit ID10110452
MRDS IDW014716
Alternate namesNew Year's Gift, Estelle
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.06409, -109.96051
References
MCCARTHY AND LAKIN, 1956, GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING BY SOIL ANALYSES IN MONTANA, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 7.REED, G. C., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7546.SONDEREGGER, WALLACE, & HIGGINS, JR., 1975, "ACID MINE DRAINAGE CONTROL", FINAL REPORT TO DEPT. NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION UNDER GRANT NO. S-802671.REED, 1950, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7546., USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1948-53