Mine detail: Tip Top Mine

Previously called 'AbbotBretzFarmers Mine, New Year, Emma'

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.20906, -113.14702
dep_id: 10070444
mrds_id: W013384
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Scheelite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSES
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Biotite Granite Intrusive; Shear Zone 2 - 3 M Wide
Reporter: Krohn, Douglas H., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_unit: Hasmark Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Phillipsburg Batholith; Phillipsburg Overthrust, Shear Zone, 2 - 3 M Wide Strikes N 45 W, Dips 55 Ne, Long, Narrow, North - Trending Hoist Of Hasmark Limestone
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 84, P. 22, 24, 26.
  • Deposit:: USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 43-48.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 244-45.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 14, P. 11.
  • Deposit:: USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1954-1957
  • Production:: WALKER, USBM RI 5612; EARLL, MBMG BULL. 84USGS-USBM YEARBOOKS 1954-1957.
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