Mine detail: Silver Bow Deposits

Previously called 'Bull MooseMerrimacWrong FontEvaSuperiorDeliaLittle Jack,'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.00546, -112.65228

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BANDS
Discovery year:	1944

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite(Boulder Batholith);Boulder Batholith
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Sericitization

References

MRDS	DC11605
DEP	10019813
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 955-E, P. 214-217.}{Deposit:: KNECHTEL 1946, WRITTEN COMM.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 28, P. 6, 19-22}
Reporter	Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)