Mine detail: Nonpareil Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.39795, -113.13841

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Galena, Malachite
Gangue:	Iron
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1886

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1891

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Formation;Jefferson Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Philipsburg Batholith, On Crest Of Douglas Mountain Anticline
Alteration processes:	Rock In Brecciated Zone Altered To Soft Clay And Iron Stained

References

MRDS	W014684
DEP	10071350
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 249.}{Deposit:: SILVERMAN, A., 1965, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, IN GEOLOGY OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, MONTANA: BILLINGS GEOL. SOC. 16TH FLD. CONF., P. 108-119}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 33, P. 11.}
Reporter	Krohn, Douglas H., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)