Mine detail: Montanore

Previously called 'Rock Lake ProjectNoxon'

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Location: Sanders, Lincoln County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.07487, -115.64363
dep_id: 10048814
mrds_id: MP90044
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Revett sediment hosted Cu Ag
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
orebody_fm: tabular
work_type: Underground
model: 200: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Reporter: Schruben, Paul, Sachiko Tanikawa, Causey, J. Douglas
hrock_unit: Revett Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite
disc_yr: 1983
discr: Initial outcrop discovered by T. Hayes (Asarco Inc.) in 1978. A second discovery was made by T. Henricksen and J. Ebisch in 1983. U.S. Borax and Chemical Co. staked and drilled in 1983-4.
References:
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MARCH, 1989
  • Deposit:: Boleneus, D.E., Appelgate, L.M., Stewart, J.H., and Zientek, M.L., 2005, Stratabound Copper-Silver Deposits of the Mesoproterozoic Revett Formation, Montana and Idaho; USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005?5231, cuag_deposit.txt.
  • Deposit:: Ristorcelli, Steve, and Fitch, David, 2005, Technical Report on the Copper and Silver Resources, Montanore Project, Lincoln and Sanders Counties, Montana, prepared for Mines Management, Inc.: Reno, NV, MINE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, MINE ENGINEERING SERVICES, October, 14, 2005, 151 p.
  • Reserve-Resource:: Silver Wheaton 2009 News Release http://silverwheaton.com/main/?newsReleases&70[ accessed 7/22/2009 1:36:25 PM]
  • Reserve-Resource:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98?206, 33 p., diskette.
  • Reserve-Resource:: Salisbury & Assoc., 1987, Rock Lake Reserve Estimates, confidential memorandum, dated March 6, 1987.
  • Reserve-Resource:: Regan, M. D., 1988, untitled memorandum to Montana Reserves, dated June 24, 1988.
  • Reserve-Resource:: Saunders, D., 1990, Montanore Ore Reserves, internal Noranda memorandum, dated October 8, 1990.
  • Reserve-Resource:: Saunders, D. M., 1994, Montanore project Ore Reserves, internal Noranda memorandum, dated December 14, 1994.
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