Mine detail: Emery Mine

Previously called 'Carbonate Hill MineCarbonate Extension'

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Location: Powell County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.37712, -112.58006
dep_id: 10071363
mrds_id: W014704
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Antimony, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Polymetallic veins
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Boulangerite
gangue: Ankerite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Argillization, Oxidation, Silicification, Pyritization
ore_ctrl: Northeast-Trending Reverse Fault, Post-Mineralization Black Rock Fault Strikes West, Dips North And Cuts Off South End Of Vein, The Emery Lode Is Off Set 500-1000 Ft In A Horizontal Plane.
Reporter: Krohn, Douglas H., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
arock_type: Tuff,Andesite,Basalt
Structure: Boulder Batholith, West-Plunging Syncline, Northeast Northwest-Trending Fracture System
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1888
discr: John Renault
References:
  • 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.
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