Mine detail: Czarina Mine

Previously called 'Tzarina Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.0124, -112.57117

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Manganese
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Wad
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1864

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Structure:	Boulder Batholith, Local North - East Striking Faults
Alteration processes:	Considerable Kaolinization

References

MRDS	W026569
DEP	10089457
Reference	DAS, PRODYOT K., 1950 , CZARINA MINE, THESIS IN PARTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES (MONTANA TECH), 21 P
Reporter	Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg