Mine detail: Meadow Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.4532, -115.50351

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Argillite
Structure:	A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Consists Of Subparallel Faults And Folds. Major Fault Is The Osburn. This Fault Seems To Demarcate A Change In Folding Form With Folds To The North Showing Signs Of More Intense Structural Deformation Than Those To The South, Nw Striking Vertical Fault
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Within A Belt Approx 1 Mi Wide. Along The North Side Of The Osburn Fault Zone. It Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits.

References

MRDS	D003856
DEP	10094282
Reference	{Deposit:: WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 605 .}{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. 194 .}{Deposit:: CROWLEY, F. A., 1960 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1959 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14 , P. 30 .}{Deposit:: CROWLEY, F. A., 1962 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1962 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 37 .}
Reporter	Rojstaczer, Stuart A.