Mine detail: Okoreka Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.141, -113.24758

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyromorphite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PARALLEL TO BEDDING

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Maywood Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Philipsburg Batholith, Cable Stock
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W007462
DEP	10069780
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 237}{Deposit:: 1906 GEOLMAP EMMONS AND CALKIN}{Production:: USGS PP 78.}
Reporter	Krohn, Douglas H., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)