Mine detail: Big Indian Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.53796, -112.0231

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1875

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, Vertical Joint System; Aplite And Diorite Porphyry Dikes
Alteration processes:	Tourmalinization In Fractures

References

MRDS	DB02154
DEP	10015880
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 74-5, 105.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 210}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 57, P. 51, 100.}{Production:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 105}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)