Mine detail: Silver Reef Mine

Previously called 'Silver Fleet Mine'

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.17183, -113.21924
dep_id: 10069754
mrds_id: W007426
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc, Gold
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: RUDELY TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone Nearly Parallel To Bedding Plane.
Reporter: Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K.
hrock_unit: Red Lion Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Philipsburg Batholith, Cable Stock
disc_yr: 1884
discr: N. Walters
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 84, P. 33,36.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 100, P. 6.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 237.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 92, P. 7.
  • Deposit:: USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1925-1963
  • Deposit:: 1906 GEOLMAP EMMONS AND CALKINS
  • Deposit:: 1969 GEOLMAP MBMG F. N. EARLL
  • Production:: USGS PP 78; MBMG BULL 84.
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