Mine detail: Tilley Mine

Previously called 'Tilly Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.90987, -116.20936

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	PARALLEL TO BEDDING
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation-Feldspathic Quartzite, Some Argillite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Moyie - Leonia Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Sericitization; Some Pyritization; Gouge; Fe - Stains

References

MRDS	W012843
MAS	160210044
DEP	10089071
Reference	{Deposit:: BRACKEBUSCH, F. W., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE QUEEN MOUNTAIN AREA, A PART OF THE PURCELL RANGE, BOUNDARY COUNTY, IDAHO: UNPUBLISHED THESIS, UNIV. IDAHO, 76 P.}{Deposit:: ZARTMAN, R. E., AND STACEY, J. S., 1971, LEAD ISOTOPES AND MINERALIZATION AGES IN BELT SUPERGROUP ROCKS, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 66, P. 849 - 860.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL WILLIAM TILLE}{Deposit:: KIILSGAARD 1951 IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 85. P 26-29}{Deposit:: V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, SANDPOINT QUAD, LOCATION NO. 322.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D.