Mine detail: Cable Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.19989, -113.2173

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Iron, Zinc, Manganese
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Marcasite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Skarn Au
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1867
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Hasmark Formation;Silver Hill Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Cable Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Philipsburg Batholith, Cable Stock
Alteration processes:	Hvdrothermal, Oxidation

References

MRDS	W007423
DEP	10069752
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 84, P. 16, 18.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 315, P. 31-35.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 221-231.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 31, P. 20}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 10, P. 15.}{Production:: USGS PP 78, MBMG BULL 84, USBM M&M 31.}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)