Mine detail: Sales Mine

Previously called 'Wild Horse ClaimSales ProspectComing Day ClaimWhite Pigeon Lode ClaimEarly Day'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.9546, -115.14629

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	BLEBS, STRINGERS, ELONGATED MASSES AND SURFACE COATINGS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	A General Structural Grain Of Northward Trending Faults Which Are Parallel To Subparallel To Folds
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Surface Water Circulating Within The Fractured Zone Has Converted Copper Bearing Sulfides To Carbonate And Silicate Minerals.

References

MRDS	DC08337
DEP	10019024
Reference	{Deposit:: LAWSON, D. C., 1972 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 17 .}{Deposit:: JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 125 .}{Deposit:: JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , P. 32 .}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-28-1961}
Reporter	Rojstaczer, Stuart A., Unknown