Mine detail: Little Anaconda Group

Previously called 'Velvet Adit'

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Location: Mineral County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.26932, -114.86654
dep_id: 10019730
mrds_id: DC11296
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: DISCONTINUOUS PODS AND VEINLETS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Unknown, Rojstaczer, Stuart A.
hrock_unit: Wallace Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: On Southern Limb Of Keystone Syncline. Region Has A Structural Grain Of Nw Trending Faults And Folds., Small Scale Nw Trending Faults.
tectonic: Belt Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS - SUPERIOR AREA MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I, PP. 593 - 595 .
  • Deposit:: LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 16 .
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-08-1963
  • Production:: CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I , P. 595 .
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