Mine detail: Mayflower Claim

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Location: Sanders County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.26294, -114.40625
dep_id: 10010421
mrds_id: D004063
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Platinum, Palladium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Chlorite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINS AND IRREGULAR TO TABULAR MASSES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Argillic In Shears, Diorite Altered To Serpentine And Talc
ore_ctrl: Contact Of Dike With Country Rock
Reporter: Chesson, Sharon A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Belt Supergroup
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Northwest Trending Folds And Faults, North-Striking Faults And Shears
tectonic: Belt Basin In Proterozoic, Now Part Of Rocky Mountains
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MONT.
  • Deposit:: CROWLEY, F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 40.
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