Mine detail: Holliday Mine

Previously called 'Homestead Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.97598, -115.90964

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS, LENSES AND IRREGULAR BUNCHES OF SULFIDES ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1961

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Formation
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	30 Ft Fault Zone, 280 Ft From The Portal Of The Main Adit. Fault Strikes N 45 Deg W And Appears To Dip Vertically. Fault Plane Proper Is Filled With 12 Inches Of Clay.
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Sericitization Along The Massive Fault In The Main Adit.

References

MRDS	DC08363
DEP	10019032
Reference	{Deposit:: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 22 - 23 .}{Deposit:: CROWLEY, F. A., 1962 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1961 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 45 .}{Deposit:: LAWSON, D. C., 1972 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 16 .}{Deposit:: LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 22 .}{Production:: CROWLEY, F. W., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 22 .}
Reporter	Unknown, Rojstaczer, Stuart A.