Mine detail: Tiger, Moulton, and Tw Group

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Location: Judith Basin County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.09102, -110.61501
dep_id: 10071354
mrds_id: W014691
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: PODS AND LENSES
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Supergene Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Tiger-Peterson Fault, Clendennin Laccolith; Moulton, Tw - Mixes Baldy Fault, Limestone, Mixes Baldy Laccolith
Reporter: Krohn, Douglas H.
hrock_unit: Madison Limestone;Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Galena Creek Porphyry;Hughesville Stock, Hughesville Quartz Monzonite;Mixes Baldy Laccolith, Wolf Porphyry;Clendennin Laccolith, Clendennin Mountain Porphyry
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite
Structure: Zone Of Laccoliths And Other Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km, Lone Tree Syncline, Peterson Fault, Mixes Baldy - Anderson Peak Fault, Hughesville Stock
tectonic: Rocky Mountain Foreland
Year first produced: 1890
disc_yr: 1884
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTSON, A. F., AND ROBY, R. N., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7602, 48 P.
  • Deposit:: WITKIND, I. J., 1973, IGNEOUS ROCKS AND RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARKER QUADRANGLE, LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 752, 58 P.
  • Production:: USBM I.C. 7602
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