Mine detail: Wilson Gulch Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

47.17238, -115.08182

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1944

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Much Tight Folding Accompanied By Some Shearing Is Evident Throughout A Belt Several Hundred Feet Wide Which Trends N 10 - 20 Deg W. Narrow Zones Of Shearing, Which Are Apparently Discontinuous And Perhaps Have An Echelon Orientation, Have Sheeted And Brecciated The Rocks Without Much Differential Movement.
Tectonic:	Belt Basin

References

MRDS	DC11302
DEP	10019733
Reference	{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGIC AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS - SUPERIOR AREA MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I, PP. 603 - 605 .}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-11-1963}{Production:: CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 : US GEOL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I, P. 603 .}
Reporter	Unknown, Rojstaczer, Stuart A.