Mine detail: Occidental Mine

Previously called 'High UpOxidental'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.52268, -112.0453

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Graphite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Marble-Cherry Creek Limestone
Host type:	Marble
Associated rock:	Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Tobacco Root Batholith, Quartz Creek Antiform
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC12034
DEP	10019952
Reference	{Deposit:: BURGER, H.R., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 41, P. 18.}{Deposit:: REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 31, P. 69.}{Deposit:: YOUNG, F.M., CROWLEY, F.A., SAHINEN, U.M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD OR ZINC MINING: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 30.}{Deposit:: STOUT, K, AND ACKERMAN, W., 1959, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 10, P. 41}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 4}
Reporter	Unknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)