Mine detail: Emery Mine

Previously called 'Carbonate Hill MineCarbonate Extension'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.37712, -112.58006

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Boulangerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Polymetallic veins
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
Associated type:	Tuff,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, West-Plunging Syncline, Northeast Northwest-Trending Fracture System
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Argillization, Oxidation, Silicification, Pyritization

References

MRDS	W014704
DEP	10071363
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 98, P. 22, 23, 58.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 34, P. 29.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 274-77. P. 73-4}{Deposit:: USGS PP 57, P. 110-11.}{Production:: MBMG BULL 98, P. 58 , 60.}
Reporter	Krohn, Douglas H., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)