Mine detail: Black Bull Mine

Previously called 'Globe Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.16048, -109.23496

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	PIPE OR CHIMNEY
Discovery year:	1885

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Series, Thin-Bedded Limestones
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Syenite Porphyry, Sill Or Dike
Associated type:	Syenite
Structure:	Judith Mts. - Domal Structures Intruded By Lacoliths Of Cret.-Tert. Age
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountain Foreland

References

MRDS	W014642
DEP	10071315
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, A. F., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - FERGUS COUNTY, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7544.}{Deposit:: LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.}{Production:: ROBERTSON, 1960, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7544}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.