Mine detail: Red Cloud Group

Previously called 'Red CloudCrescentLead King'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.81961, -113.33982

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Barium-Barite, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR-VEIN HAS BANDED STRUCTURE RED CLOUD VEIN LIES ALONG THE BEDDING PLANE
Discovery year:	1867

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1897

Geology

Host rock:	Silver Hill Formation;Flathead Formation;Garnet Range Formation;Mcnamara Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Schist
Associated rock:	Garnet Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Bearmouth Overthrust, Deep Creek Anticline, Mount Baldy Synclinorium., Vein Lies On Bedding Plane On Northern Limb And Near Crest Of Deep Creek Anticline Which Here Trends About N 80 W And Plunges About 30 W. Vein Is About 200 M North Of Axis Of Anticline. Vein Is Cut By Small Northeastery Normal Faults. Some Postmineral Movement Has Taken Place In The Plane Of The Vein.
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Oxidation

References

MRDS	W014655
DEP	10071324
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 660 , P. 190-94, PL. 1X.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM NO 39, P. 28}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM NO 31, P. 31}{Production:: MBMG MEM. 31, MBMG MEM. 39, USGS BULL. 660-F}
Reporter	Krohn, Douglas H., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)