Mine detail: Switchback Prospect

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Location: Mineral County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.38654, -115.53795
dep_id: 10094279
mrds_id: D003837
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold
gangue: Siderite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Rojstaczer, Stuart A.
hrock_unit: Wallace Formation
hrock_type: Argillite
Structure: Large Scale Nw Trending Fault (Silver Creek) With Throws Ranging From 2000 To Several Thousand Ft
tectonic: Belt Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO AND, SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 197 .
  • Deposit:: WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 608 , PL. 48 .
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