Mine detail: Copper Mtn Mine

Previously called 'Dictator and Belle UnionRamshorn Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.42684, -112.04392

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Magnetite, Malachite
Gangue: Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1925

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pre Belt
Host type:Iron Formation
Structure:Some Nw (?) Faults Displace Bed At North End Of Deposit
Alteration processes:Minor Kaolinitization & Sericitization (?)

References

MRDSW026548
DEP10096466
Reference{Deposit:: CARR, M.S., GUILD, P.W., & WRIGHT, W.B., 1967 , IRON IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS M.R. 51 WITH SECTION ON PREC IRON FORMATIONS IN U. S. BY BAYLEY R. W. & JAMES, H. L.}{Deposit:: BAYLEY, R. W., AND JAMES H. L., 1973 , PRECAMBRIAN IRON FORMATIONS OF THE U. S., ECON. GEOL. V. 68 , NO. 7}{Deposit:: LEVANDOWSKI, D.W., 1956, GEOL OF SHERIDAN-ALDER AREAU OF MICH. PHD}{Deposit:: JAMES, H.L., AND WEIN, K.L., 1961, IRON DEPOSITS NEAR COPPER MOUNTAIN, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1969, SUMMARY OF INFORMATION ON IRON ORE, BITUMINOUS COAL, FLUORITE, AND CHROMITE: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED SUMMARY.}{Deposit:: 1961 GEOLMAP H. L. JAMES & K. L. WEIR, GEOL. MAP (OPENFILE)}{Deposit:: 1967 COMPILE CARR GUILD & WRIGHT, PUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: 1969 COMPILE MBMG, SUMMARY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED}
ReporterJohns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)