Mine detail: Easton-Pacific Mine

Previously called 'Virginia City'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.23157, -111.96058

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Tetrahedrite, Gold, Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Polymetallic veins, Au-Ag
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1902

Geology

Host rock:	Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss
Host type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Aplite Intrusion

References

MRDS	W013408
DEP	10070464
Reference	{Deposit:: TANSLEY ET. AL., 1933, GEO. RECON. TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO., MT., MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 9.}{Deposit:: LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MADISON CO. MT., U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.}{Deposit:: LAWSON, 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.}{Production:: LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972.}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D., Doyle, Brien (Wells, John)