Mine detail: Ambassador Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.77515, -115.69991

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1929

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation-Dark Gray Siliceous Argillite
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Nne Plunging Anticline, Bedding Strikes Nw Dips Gently Ne
Tectonic:	Belt Basin

References

MRDS	M060144
DEP	10042379
Reference	{Deposit:: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 34, P. 48}{Deposit:: GIBSON, RUSSELL, JENKS, W. F., AND CAMPBELL, IAN, 1941, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BELT SERIES IN THE LIBBY AND TROUT CREEK QUADRANGLES, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA, BULL. 52, P. 363-380}{Deposit:: 1951 EXPLOR DME}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.