Mine detail: Champion Silver Mine

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.23296, -112.61089
dep_id: 10071312
mrds_id: W014639
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Chromium, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrargyrite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit: Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Boulder Batholith
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 92, P. 6.
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM 31, P. 20
  • Deposit:: USGS-USBM YEARBOOKS 1925-1965
  • Production:: MBMG MEM 31, P. 20.
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