Mine detail: Saginaw Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

45.22572, -113.44729

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla
Gangue:	Jasper
Discovery year:	1894

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Missoula Group
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Prec Diorite Sill Or Dike
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Chloritized Diorite

References

MRDS	D004818
DEP	10010829
Reference	{Deposit:: GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 85, P. 4}{Production:: M.B.M.G. BULL. 85}
Reporter	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)