Montana · Silver Bow County
Plant

Rainbow Project

Silver Bow County, Montana, United States
ZincSilverCopperGoldLead
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver
TertiaryCopper, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArgentite, Chalcedony, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Silver, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Discovery year1874
Identification
Deposit ID10270336
Alternate namesAlice Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.0327, -112.53699
References
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