Mine detail: Cumberland Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.18186, -109.20829

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Sylvanite
Orebody form:	OVAL (REPLACEMENT)
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Series, Massive Limestone
Host type:	Syenite
Structure:	Judith Mts. - Domal Structures Intruded By Cret - Tert Lacoliths, Replacement Deposit Covered By Network Of Small Fractures; A Fault Terminates The Contact Vein
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountain Foreland

References

MRDS	W014641
DEP	10071314
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, A. F., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - FERGUS COUNTY, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7544.}{Deposit:: CORRY, A. V., 1933, SOME GOLD DEPOSITS - BROADWATER, BEAVERHEAD, PHILLIPS, AND FERGUS CO., MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 10.}{Production:: ROBERTSON, 1950, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7544}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.