Mine detail: Rosebud Mining Co. Prospect

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Location: Sanders County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.55126, -115.49268
dep_id: 10010494
mrds_id: D004172
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chlorargyrite, Gold
conc_proc: Very Little Secondary Enrichment Or Concentration Of The Leached-Out Surface Values At Depth As The Ore Lies Comparatively Close To The Surface.
Reporter: Chesson, Sharon A.
hrock_unit: Prichard Formation
hrock_type: Slate,Sandstone
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Faults-Which Have A Direct Economic Importance. They Form Channels Of Circulation In Which The Mineral-Bearing Solutions Were Able To Deposit Their Loads. Large Faults Are Not Apt To Contain Economic Deposits As The Smaller Ones., Snowshoe Fault
References:
  • Deposit:: MACDONALD, D. F.; ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 285, P.51, 1905.
  • Deposit:: CALKINS AND MCDONALD; A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 384, P. 106, 1909.
  • Deposit:: ROWE, J. P.; GOLD QUARTZ MINING IN WESTERN MONTANA, THE MINING WORLD, P 1034, MAY 20, 1911.
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