Mine detail: Buckeye Mine - Victoria Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 45.47157, -112.1342

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss, Schist
Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Tobacco Root Batholith, Strong Faults Trend N 30 E, 30 W.
Alteration processes:Intense Oxidation Of Suphide Ore

References

MRDSDC09991
DEP10019417
Reference{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.}
ReporterLoen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Unknown