Mine detail: Big Ben

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.96658, -110.71751

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Molybdenum
Ore:	Galena, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	ELLIPSOIDAL
Discovery year:	1922

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Pinto Diorite;Carpenter Creek Granite Porphyry;Snow Creek Quartz Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D000518
DEP	10008404
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHAFER, P., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NEIHART MINING DIST. MONTANA: MONTANA BUR. OF MINING & GEOL. MEMO 13}{Deposit:: HORTON, F., 1916, MOLYBDENUM ITS ORE AND THEIR CONCENTRATION: U.S.B.M. BULL. 111}{Deposit:: HERDLICK, J.A., 1949, R.I 4406}{Deposit:: 1893 RECON W.H. WEED}{Deposit:: 1938 DIREXPL FEDERAL MINING & SMELTING CO}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP S. CREASEY & E. SCHOLZ}{Deposit:: 1962 DIREXPL AMAX}{Reserve-Resource:: ITEM 1: R.U. KING ITEM 2: MONT. B.M.&G. BULL. 111}
Reporter	King, Robert U., Mosier, Dan