Mine detail: Little Anaconda Group

Previously called 'Velvet Adit'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.26932, -114.86654

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	DISCONTINUOUS PODS AND VEINLETS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Formation
Host 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

MRDS	DC11296
DEP	10019730
Reference	{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 .}
Reporter	Unknown, Rojstaczer, Stuart A.