Mine detail: Cable Mine

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.19989, -113.2173
dep_id: 10069752
mrds_id: W007423
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper
Minor mineral: Lead, Iron, Zinc, Manganese
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Skarn Au
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Marcasite
gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Specularite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 64: Skarn Au
alteration: Hvdrothermal, Oxidation
conc_proc: Secondary Chalcocite Films Coating Pyrite And Chalcopyrite,
ore_ctrl: Richest Ore From 100-300 Ft Below The Surface.
Reporter: Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_unit: Hasmark Formation;Silver Hill Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Cable Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Philipsburg Batholith, Cable Stock
Year first produced: 1867
yr_lst_prd: 1957
disc_yr: 1866
References:
  • 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.
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