Mine detail: Boston Colby Property

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Location

Lat / long:

47.41265, -115.5224

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	A General Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of A System Of Subparallel Faults And Folds, Two Bedding Plane Faults, One Of Which Contains The Ore Bearing Vein, As Well As A Strike Fault
Tectonic:	Belt Basin

References

MRDS	D003838
DEP	10010252
Reference	{Deposit:: CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO AND, SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 198-199 .}{Deposit:: WALLACE, R. E., AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISANCE GEOLGOY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, PL. 48 .}{Deposit:: GILBERT, F. C., 1935 , DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 15 , P. 60 .}
Reporter	Rojstaczer, Stuart A.