Mine detail: Little Hawk Mine

Previously called 'Bartholdi ?'

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Location: Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.31933, -113.05422
dep_id: 10010757
mrds_id: D004713
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Powellite, Scheelite
gangue: Magnetite
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Skarn
ore_ctrl: Tactite Bodies Cut Into Segments By Faults.
Reporter: Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)
hrock_unit: Madison
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Pioneer Batholith
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: N60e, 60 Se Trending Faults, Pioneer Batholith
Year first produced: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM RI 5552, P. 32-34
  • Deposit:: 1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I., 555
  • Production:: U.S.B.M., R.I. 5552
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