Mine detail: Golden Anchor Mine

Previously called 'Big DickEvening StarBlack Jack'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.47768, -112.412

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcocite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LOW-DIPPING TABULAR AND NEAR-VERTICAL IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Associated type:	Tuff

References

MRDS	M060803
DEP	10042780
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 30, P. 33.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 98, P. 53.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 14, P. 34.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 265.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1151, PL: 1}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)