Mine detail: Skyline Mine

Previously called 'John Sloss'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.28879, -111.88004

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	ELLIPTICAL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Andesite,Plutonic Rock
Associated rock:	Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics-Andesitic Flows, Tuffs, And Intrusives
Associated type:	Tuff,Andesite,Plutonic Rock
Tectonic:	Steeply Dipping Elliptical Breccia Pipe

References

MRDS	M060815
DEP	10042787
Reference	{Deposit:: KLEPPER, M.R., WEEKS, R.A., AND RUPPEL, E.T., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, JEFFERSON AND BROADWATER COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 292, P. 70}{Deposit:: ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B. AND CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 16, P. 63}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.