Mine detail: Martin and Battle Butte Mines

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Location: Flathead County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.90988, -114.59571
dep_id: 10078279
mrds_id: W026535
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
other_matl: Galena, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: POD AND LENSLIKE ORE BODIES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Formation Of Silica, Kaolinite, And Alunite
conc_proc: Secondary Enrichment (Negligible?)
ore_ctrl: Faulting In Argillite And Breccia Pipes In Intrusive(?) Andesite
Reporter: Johns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg
hrock_unit: Ravalli Group
hrock_type: Argillite
arock_unit: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Large Nw - Trending Fault Providing Control For Flathead Mine Intrusive
tectonic: West Of Rocky Mountain Trench
Year first produced: 1945
disc_yr: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., AND TAYLOR, A. V., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE OCCURENCE OF THE HOG HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MOUNTANA, MBMG MEM 17, 16P.
  • Deposit:: JOHNS, W. A., AND OTHERS, 1963, PROGRESS REPORT ON G EOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI - FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHEST MONTANA, MBMG BULL 29
  • Deposit:: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 36, P.55
  • Deposit:: 1929 RECON MBMG, MEM. NO. 17
  • Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP MBMG, BULLS. 36 , 79
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