Mine detail: Lone Pine Mine

Previously called 'Quartz HillArgyleJay Hawk'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.71489, -112.8995

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Embolite, Freibergite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR SHOOTS, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1867

Geology

Host rock:	Hasmark;Red Lion Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Area May Be Roof Pendant Between Pioneer And Boulder Batholiths, Quartz Hill Anticline

References

MRDS	D004800
DEP	10010815
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574.}{Deposit:: GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 15, P. 5.}{Deposit:: LORAIN, S.H., 1937, MINING METHODS, COSTS OF QUARTZ HILL MINING CO: U.S. BUR MINES, INF. CIRC. 6963}{Deposit:: GOUDARZI, H., 1941, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS, QUARTZ HILL AREA, MT: MT. COLL. OF MIN. SCI AND TECH., M.S. THESIS,}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, A.V., 1942, QUARTZ HILL DISTRICT IN NEWHOUSE, W.H., ED. ORE DEPOSITS AS RELATED TO STRUCTURAL FEATURES: PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS.}{Deposit:: GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 85, P. 137}{Deposit:: REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MT. MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 31, P. 8.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85, P. 137.}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574}{Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85}
Reporter	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)