Mine detail: Silver Cable Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.47987, -115.62157

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Revett Quartzite (White Quartzite);Burke Formation (Impure Quartzites And Argillites)
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of Subparallel Faults And Folds. Major Fault Is The Osburn. This Fault Seems To Demarcate A Change In Folding Form With Folds To The North Showing Signs Of More Intense Structural Deformation Than Those To The South., Small Scale Generally Ne Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults Are Present
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Within A Belt Approximately 1 Mi Wide Along The North Side Of The Osburn Fault Zone. It Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits.

References

MRDS	D003854
DEP	10010263
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 190}{Deposit:: WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, PP. 603 - 604 .}{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. 190 .}
Reporter	Rojstaczer, Stuart A.