Mine detail: Lone Eagle Quartz Mine

Previously called 'Lone Eagle Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.40768, -112.15782

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Pitchblende, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1953

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith
Alteration processes:	Feldspars Altered To Sericite And Clay; Some Silicification

References

MRDS	M060813
DEP	10042785
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 51.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 428, P. 40, 42, 70, 79, 80, PL. 1.}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOLMAP USGS PROF. PAPER 42}{Reserve-Resource:: DMEA FILES}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)