Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called 'Mascot Mines'

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Location: Sanders County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.61848, -115.19072
dep_id: 10019726
mrds_id: DC11284
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Enargite, Malachite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Steeply - Dipping Faults In Brittle Quartzite And Argillaceous Quartzite
Reporter: Unknown, Rojstaczer, Stuart A.
hrock_unit: Ravalli Group
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: N - S Trending Anticline
tectonic: Belt Basin
Year first produced: 1890
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 43 .
  • Deposit:: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP 42 - 43 .
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-05-1963
  • Production:: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 42 .
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