Mine detail: Big Indian Mine

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Location: Jefferson County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.53796, -112.0231
dep_id: 10015880
mrds_id: DB02154
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Tourmalinization In Fractures
ore_ctrl: Vertical Joints
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, Vertical Joint System; Aplite And Diorite Porphyry Dikes
disc_yr: 1875
discr: James Winscott
References:
  • 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
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