Mine detail: Boss Mine

Previously called 'Rochester MineAtlantus Mine'

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Location: Cascade County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.93991, -110.73251
dep_id: 10078276
mrds_id: W026531
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Ankerite, Barite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Within Fissures In Pre - Beltian Gneisses And Schists
Reporter: Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg
hrock_unit: Gneisses And Schists
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Pre - Beltian Gneisses Etc, Arched Upward In Little Belt Mountains
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHAFER, P. A., 1935 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NEIHART MINING DISTRICT CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM NO. 13 P. 47
  • Deposit:: YOUNG, F. M., CROWLEY, F. A., SAHINEN, V. M., 1962 , MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 30 , P. 20
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