Mine detail: Cayuga Claim

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Location: Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.78046, -112.77256
dep_id: 10010911
mrds_id: D004995
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Melaconite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR BUNCHES
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Contact Zone
Reporter: Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)
hrock_unit: Kootenai
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone
arock_unit: Butte Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Boulder Batholith
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 166
  • Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL 57
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