Mine detail: Butte - Antelope Mine

Previously called 'Footwall GroupLowboy Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.5888, -113.66899

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	STRINGERS, LENS
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Limestone, Shale
Host type:	Limestone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W015665
MAS	160230018
DEP	10071902
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAVA CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32, 70 P}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-4, NO. 616, P. 246.}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32}
Reporter	McHugh, Edward L., Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)