Mine detail: Elkhorn Mine

Previously called 'Old Elkhorn'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.48989, -113.03979

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1872

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1872

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Comet Fault Trends N - S, Mono Fault
Tectonic:Cordilleran Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW013444
DEP10070491
Reference{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85}{Deposit:: 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, A.N., SURVEY OF MINING DISTRICTS OF DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA, BULLETIN 574, P. 168 - 170}{Production:: GEACH, MBMG BULL. 85}
ReporterMlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)