Mine detail: Butte and Philadelphia Prospect

Previously called 'Lady Leith-Cady Leith Mines'

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Location: Jefferson County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.39157, -112.27588
dep_id: 10011926
mrds_id: D007120
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: 7-10 Ft Crushed Zone
Reporter: Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit: Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Boulder Batholith
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 26, 33
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 527, P. 124
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 294.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 1151, P. 111-12.
  • Production:: USGS BULL 1151, P. 111.
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