Mine detail: Custer Mine

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Location: Broadwater County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.45073, -111.6667
dep_id: 10071356
mrds_id: W014694
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Edna Stock; Deposit Is In North-Trending Zone Of Stocks
Reporter: Krohn, Douglas H.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Elkhorn Volcanics, Andesite;Edna Stock, Adamellite Porphyry
arock_type: Monzonite,Andesite
Structure: Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust, Edna Stock
Year first produced: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: EARLL, F. N., 1964, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE WINSTON MINING DISTRICT, BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 41
  • Deposit:: REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER CO., MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592
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