Mine detail: Montreal Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site # 3668 & 3669'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.57936, -118.38539

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	STRINGERS, SML. LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	WORKED BEFORE 1923, AS THE MINE WAS REPORTED ON BY LINCOLN IN THAT YEAR.

Geology

Host rock:	Excelsior Formation-Metavolcanics
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Shale,Rhyolite
Structure:	Monzonite Cut By Rhyolite Dikes

References

MRDS	M035662
DEP	10037620
Reference	{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA, RENO NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., P 143}{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL CO., NEVADA; NBMG BULL 58.}{Deposit:: MONTREAL MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE, JACK, NBMG #3668 & #3669 SAMPLE SITE VISIT, 5/15/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILE (TINGLEY FILES).}{Production:: F ( 1 )}
Reporter	Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.), Quade, Jack, Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)