Mine detail: Birdie Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.01379, -112.35921

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Tungsten
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Huebnerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR-LENSELIKE
Discovery year:	1880

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	N-Trending Continental Fault Is West Of Mine
Tectonic:	E-Trending Shear Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M060190
DEP	10042414
Reference	{Deposit:: SMEDES, H.W., KLEPPER, M.R., PINCKNEY, D.M., BECRAFT, G.E., RUPPEL, E.T., 1962, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELK PARK QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-246}{Deposit:: USBM REP INVES 6334, P. 6, 55, 56.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 74, 262 P.}{Deposit:: DMEA RECORDS}{Production:: DMEA FILES}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)