Mine detail: Solar Mine

Previously called 'Solar and PearlSolar Pearl'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.40184, -112.31756

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Lead, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic, Antimony
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1896

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Fault Zone That Trends N 70-80 E, Dips Steeply North

References

MRDSDB02094
DEP10015840
Reference{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 36, 105.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1151, P. 116, PL. 1.}{Production:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 105.}
ReporterElliott, James E., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)