Montana · Lincoln County
Producer

Troy

Lincoln County, Montana, United States
SilverCopperLead
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Model200: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formThree zones up to 60 ft thick, disseminated and stratabound.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Silver, Covellite, Galena
GangueQuartz, Barite, Calcite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Revett Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · MAFIC DIKE, DRY CREEK STOCK, QUARTZ MONZONITE
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1981-1993, 2004-present
First production1981
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10124835
MRDS IDW026545
Alternate namesTroy Project, Spar Lake, Old Troy Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates48.22927, -115.90464
References
BALLA , J. C. ASARCO MANAGER NORTHWESTERN EXPLORATION DIVISION. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1984.BEAR CREEK MINING COMPANY. PRIVATE COMPANY REPORTS. UNPUBL.BINGHAM, J. P., MANAGER OF ASARCO'S TROY MINE. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1984.ASARCO'S NEW TROY MINE. PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 89TH ANNU.NORTHWEST MINING CONVENTION, SPOKANE, WA, DEC.1-3, 1983.TROY PROJECT OPERATING PLAN. SUBMITTED TO U.S. FOREST SERVICE, MAY 14, 1976.COST REFERENCE GUIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. EQUIPMENT GUIDE BOOK COMPANY, PALO ALTO, CA, 1983.DAYTON, S. H. ASARCO'S TROY MINE. ENG. AND MIN. J., FEB 1983, V. 184, NO. 9, PP. 40-46.DILLARD, G. TROY OPERATION MAKES ASARCO NATION'S LEADING SILVER PRODUCER, PAY DIRT BIG SKY EDITION, DEC. 1982. PP 5-7.EARHART, R.L., M.D. KLEINKOPF, D.M. WILSON, D.J. GRIMES, AND N.T. ZILKA. MINERAL RESOURCES OF SCOTCHMAN PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 76-706, 1976, 136 PP.GIBSON, R. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LIBBY QUADRANGLE, MONTANA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 956, 1948, 131 PP.JAYNE, D. A NORTHWEST METALS CONFERENCE-SPONSORED TOUR OF THE TROY MINE. PERSONAL NOTES, APR. 28, 1982.MINING JOURNAL. ASARCO'S TROY MINE. OCT. 1981, PP. 2-4.MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. REVENUE RECORDS. 1982, 1983.PAY DIRT MAGAZINE. ASARCO WORKING TO CLEAN UP TAILING TAILINGS PROBLEM AT TROY OPERATION. BIG SKY EDITION, JUNE, 1983, P. 23A.SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. ASARCO'S INCORPORATED NEW TROY SILVER-COPPER MINE. NOV. 20, 1982.STEARNS-ROGER, INC. ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE INFORMATION OF THE MOUNT VERNON REGION--MONTANA. PREPARED FOR ASARCO, JAN. 31, 1975, UNPUBL.STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK. BUMINES CONTRACT NO. J0255026, 1979, 374 PP.WESTERN MINE ENGINEERING MING COST SERVICE. SPOKANE, WA 1983WHITE, T. ASARCO'S TACOMA SMELTER. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1984.MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,ASARCO INC., 1994 10K, P.A18, A21.ASARCO INC. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.11.1995 ASARCO'S 1995 10K, P. A21.Reipas, Ken, and Couture, Jean-Francois, 2005, Independent Technical Report on the Troy Cu-Ag Project, Montana, U.S.A. for Revett Silver Company: SRK Consulting (CANADA) INC., Toronto, Ontario, SRK project Number: 3UR006.02, 223 p. [accessed January 5, 2010, at http://www.revettminerals.com/revOpTroyReports.php].Hayes T S, Einaudi M T 1986 - Genesis of the Spar Lake strata-bound Copper-Silver deposit, Montana: Part I. Controls inherited from sedimentation and preore diagenesis: in Econ. Geol. v81 pp 1899-1931Revett Minerals Inc., 2009, Troy Mine: http://www.revettminerals.com/documents/Revett_Fact_Sheet_3.26.09.pdf, accessed July 23, 2009.Boleneus, D.E., Appelgate, L.M., Stewart, J.H., and Zientek, M.L., 2005, Stratabound Copper-Silver Deposits of the Mesoproterozoic Revett Formation, Montana and Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005?5231, 66 p.