Mine detail: Marietta Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.37629, -111.71337

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Lower Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics-Andesite Flows
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Wallrock Silicified, Bleached, And Pyritized For 6 To 8 Feet On Each Side Of The Vein.

References

MRDS	M060834
DEP	10042799
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHELL, E.M., 1963, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARK (INDIAN CREEK) DISTRICT, BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 35}{Deposit:: REED, G.C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7592, P. 48-49}{Deposit:: KLEPPER, M.R., RUPPEL, E.T., FREEMAN, V.L. AND WEEKS, R.A., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, EAST FLANK OF THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 665, P. 42}{Production:: SCHELL, E.M., 1963, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 35 AND OME FILES.}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.