Mine detail: Big Chief Mine Golconda

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Location: Jefferson County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.36379, -112.0081
dep_id: 10015879
mrds_id: DB02153
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Stibnite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: 40 Ft. Wide Broken And Altered Gouge Zone
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit: Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Boulder Batholith
yr_lst_prd: 1958
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 65-6, 113.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 241.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 428, P. 82.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 10, P. 25.
  • Production:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 113.
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