Mine detail: Ferdinand Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.28101, -112.85617

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1865-1928 INTERM.
First production started: 1868

Geology

Host rock:Mission Canyon
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Argenta Stock
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Shear Zone, Stock

References

MRDSDC11722
DEP10019857
Reference{Deposit:: WINCHELL, A.N., 1913, MINING DISTRICTS, DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 574, P. 68.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 6, P. 75-76.}{Deposit:: MYERS, W.B., 1952, GEOL. MAP OF NW WILLIS QUAD, MONT: U.S. GEOL. SUR. OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85, P. 48-49.}{Deposit:: 1931 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 6}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOLMAP MYERS, W.B., U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPOR}{Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85}{Production:: M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, P. 49}
ReporterUnknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)