Mine detail: Emma Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.59823, -112.51699

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Host rock:	Pre Belt
Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, Fissures, Pegmatite, Andesite And Dolerite Dikes.
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC11341
DEP	10019741
Reference	{Deposit:: REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 31, P. 64.}{Deposit:: YOUNG, F., CROWLEY, F.A., AND SAHINEN, U.M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS-LEAD AND ZINC MINING: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULLETIN 30, P. 29.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 19, P. 42.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-31-1962}{Deposit:: 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 1}{Deposit:: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-164. [copied from deleted record 10124769]}
Reporter	Unknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)