Mine detail: Bonanza Group Barite Mine

Previously called 'Gildersleeve Mine'

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Location: Missoula County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.03571, -115.03599
dep_id: 10010248
mrds_id: D003832
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
Reporter: Rojstaczer, Stuart A.
Structure: General Structural Grain Of Nw Striking Faults.
tectonic: Belt Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORS OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 27 .
  • Deposit:: HARRISON, J. E., AND OTHERS , 1974 , PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE WALLACE 1:250000 SHEET, IDAHO - MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT. 74-37 .
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