Mine detail: Montgomery Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.95547, -116.38607

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Cobalt, Gold, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Pentlandite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Hypersthene, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Prichard Formation-Argillaceous Quartzite
Host type:Diorite,Quartzite
Associated rock:Purcell Sill-Uralite-Diorite;;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Occurrence On East-Dipping Limb Of Large Fold With North-Trending Axis;Kaniksu Batholith,Purcell Trench;Moyie-Leonia Fault, North-Northeast Trending Purcell Sills;Vein On Contact Of Sill With Quartzite
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Chlorite, Fe Stains

References

MRDSW000731
MAS160210006
DEP10067859
Reference{Deposit:: Brackebusch,Fred W.,1969,Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County,Idaho: Unpublished Thesis,Univ.Idaho,76p.}{Deposit:: Cornwall, H.R., 1966, Nickel Deposits Of North America: USGS Bulletin 1223, 62 P.}{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard,Thor H.,1951,Description Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County,Idaho:Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamph; No. 85, 31p.}{Deposit:: Lemoine,Denis,1959,Thorite Deposits And General Geology Of The Hall Mountain Area,Boundary County,Idaho:Unpublished Thesis,Univ.Idaho, 68p.}{Deposit:: 5) Spokane Chronicle, Mar. 23, 1974; Feb. 14, 1974.}{Deposit:: 6) Western Mining News, 1974-75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur *lenes) And Washington, P. 89.}{Deposit:: 1951 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamph No. 85}{Deposit:: 1966 Cornwall,H.R., Bulletin1223}{Deposit:: 1973 Direxpl Montgomery Mines}{Deposit:: U.S.Bureau Of Mines, Wfoc, Mineral Property File 0160210006.}{Reserve-Resource:: Cornwall, H.R., 1966, USGS Bulletin 1223, P. 42.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Coury, Anny B., Kauffman, John D.