Mine detail: Silver Chain Mine

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.20545, -113.09869
dep_id: 10019071
mrds_id: DC08479
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Zinc, Lead
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Reporter: Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_unit: Jefferson Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Granite And Basic Igneous Rocks Are Local Found
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 78, P. 244.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 46, P. 9.
  • Deposit:: USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK, 1960.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 84, P. 32, 35
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