Mine detail: Helena District

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Location: Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.55823, -112.08421
dep_id: 10008989
mrds_id: D001593
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Stone
Trace mineral: Tungsten, Arsenic, Marble, Dimension, Dolomite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Limestone
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Reporter: Fisher, Fred S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_unit: Madison Group
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Limestone,Andesite
arock_unit: Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Boulder Batholith
disc_yr: 1864
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 7.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 202-09.
  • Deposit:: USBM R1 6334, P. 25-6.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 527, P. 85-7.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 610, P. 155.
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM 26, P. 43.
  • Deposit:: USGS-USBM YEARBOOKS
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 94.
  • Production:: USGS PP 610, P. 155; USGS-USBM YEARBOOKS. MBMG BULL 94.
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