Mine detail: Little Sampson Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.47546, -112.24533

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Boulangerite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1961
First production started:	1957
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, Red Mountain Fault

References

MRDS	DC09402
DEP	10101973
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 30, P. 28}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 25, P. 25}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 254, PL.41}{Deposit:: USGS PP 428, PL. 19}
Reporter	Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)