Mine detail: Lucky Strike Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.27044, -114.40458

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Platinum, Palladium
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Tenorite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	FRACTURE FILLINGS, IN BRECCIATED MATERIAL, DISSEMINATED

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Diorite,Gabbro,Quartzite,Argillite
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Dike Is On East Limb Of Broad Anticline. Northwest Folds And Faults, Some Ne Faulting, Fractures, Breccia
Tectonic:	Part Of Belt Basin In Prot, Now Part Of Rocky Mountains
Alteration processes:	Regional Greenschist To Epidote-Amphibolite Facies. Argillic Alteration In Shears, Diorite Is Altered To Serpentine And Talc

References

MRDS	MP00105
DEP	10048515
Reference	{Deposit:: VAN LOENEN, R.E., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND EARHART, R.L., 1987, PLATINUM AND PALLADIUM IN A MAFIC DIKE, SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1694-G, P. 83-89.}{Deposit:: INGERSOLL, R.G., JR., GALLOWAY, GARY, AND DUNN, MICHAEL, 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT BIA 22-II, 38 P. + APPENDIX.}{Deposit:: CROWLEY, R.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 58 P.}{Deposit:: LAWSON, D.C., 1973, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, P. 22.}{Deposit:: BUCKLEY, STEVE, 1992, GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION, IN MANYDEEDS, S.A., ED., MINERAL FRONTIERS ON INDIAN LANDS: U.S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DIVISION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION G-92-2, P. 39-47.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Rojstaczer, Stuart A.