Mine detail: Buckeye Mine - Victoria Mines

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Location: Madison County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.47157, -112.1342
dep_id: 10019417
mrds_id: DC09991
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
alteration: Intense Oxidation Of Suphide Ore
conc_proc: Replacement Along Fault Zone
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone
Reporter: Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Unknown
hrock_unit: Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss, Schist
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Tobacco Root Batholith, Strong Faults Trend N 30 E, 30 W.
disc_yr: 1865
discr: Alfred Cisler
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM 41, P. 17.
  • Deposit:: GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 15, P 48.
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM 9, P. 43.
  • Deposit:: REYNER, M.J., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, P. 63
  • Deposit:: YOUNG F., CROWLEY, F., AND SAHINEN, U.M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD-ZINC MINING: MT. BUR.MINES AND GEOL., BULLETIN 30, P. 30
  • Production:: MBMG MEM 31.
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