Mine detail: Minnesota Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.38601, -112.12449

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Andesite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, N-S Fault Cuts Vein Off At Eastern End, Displacement Unknown
Alteration processes:	Tourmalinization, Pyritization, Partly Oxidized

References

MRDS	DB02142
DEP	10015871
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 527, P. 118.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 245-46.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 428, P. 72, PL. 1.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 46, 52, 109.}{Production:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 109.}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)