Mine detail: Alta Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.37212, -112.09394

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Copper, Silica, Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Pyrite, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Galena
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Discovery year: 1869

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Polymetallic veins
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:ELKHORN MOUNTAINS VOLCANICS
Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics;Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Boulder Batholith, South-Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, Roof Pendant Of Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
Tectonic:Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Volcanic Rocks In Shear Zone Are Intensley Altered, Oxidation Near Surface, Tourmalinization

References

MRDSW014733
DEP10089196
Reference{Deposit:: YOUNG, F.M., CROWLEY, F.A., AND SAHINEN, U.M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING: MBMG BULL 30, P. 24}{Deposit:: ROBY,R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B., AND CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MBMG BULL 16, P. 6, 26, 44-7, 51, 107.}{Deposit:: HANSEN, MILLER, 1971, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1970: MBMG BULL 82}{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, FORBES, 1956, GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING BY SOIL ANALYSIS IN MONTANA: MBMG BULL 7}{Deposit:: BECRAFT, G.E., PINCKNEY, D.M., AND ROSENBLUM, SAM, 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JEFFERSON CITY QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON AND LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS PP 428, P. 36, 38, 40, 53, 70, 71}{Deposit:: KNOPF, ADOLF, 1913, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELENA MINING REGION: USGS BULL 527, P. 109-10.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND SCHRADER, F.C, 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION: USGS BULL 842, P. 241-2.}{Production:: MBMG BULL. 16, USGS PROF. PAPER 428}
ReporterMlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)