Mine detail: Block P Mine

Previously called 'Wright - EdwardsBarker'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.0838, -110.63251

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Gold, Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Ore: Marmatite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Galena
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form: CRESCENT-SHAPED VEIN
Discovery year: 1879

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Polymetallic veins
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Host rock:HUGHESVILLE QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK
Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Galena Creek Porphyry;Hughesville Stock, Hughesville Quartz Monzonite;Mixes Baldy Laccolith, Wolf Porphyry;Clendennin Laccolith, Clendennin Mountain Porphyry
Associated type:Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:Zone Of Laccoliths And Other Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km, Domal Uplift Caused By Intrusion Of Snow Creek Porphyry, Hughesville Stock With Conjugate Fracture System
Tectonic:Rocky Mountain Foreland

References

MRDSW014740
DEP10089197
Reference{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, A. F., AND ROBY, R. N., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7602, 48 P.}{Deposit:: WITKIND, I. J., 1973; IGNEOUS ROCKS AND RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARKER QUADRANGLE, LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 752, 58 P.}{Economic Factors:: YOUNG, F.M., CROWLEY, F.A., AND SAHINEN, U.M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 27.}{Geology:: SPIROFF, KIRIL, 1938, GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE BLOCK P MINE, HUGHESVILLE, MONTANA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 33, NO. 5 P. 554-567.}{Geology:: WALKER, G.E., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE BARKER MINING DISTRICT, JUDITH BASIN AND CASCADE COUNTIES, MONTANA, IN GUIDEBOOK OF THE CENTRAL MONTANA ALKALIC PROVINCE: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 100, P. 29-37.}{Geology:: BAKER, D.W., MCBRIDE, GWEN, AND DAHY, JAMES, 1991, FIELD GUIDE LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, IN GUIDEBOOK OF THE CENTRAL MONTANA ALKALIC PROVINCE: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 100, P. 145-162.}{Geology:: WEED, W.H., 1900, GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA, WITH NOTES ON THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEIHART, BARKER, YOGO, AND OTHER DISTRICTS; ACCOMPANIED BY A REPORT ON THE PETROGRAPHY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE DISTRICT, L.V. PIRSSON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 20TH ANNUAL REPORT (1898-1899), PART 3, P. 257-581.}{Production:: USGS PROF. PAPER 752, P. 51}
ReporterKrohn, Douglas H.