Mine detail: Climax Apex Lode Group

Previously called 'Clipper'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.86379, -112.63422

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stephanite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite;Aplite/Quartz Porphyry Dikes
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Bouulder Batholith, Vein Is Cut By Faults Striking N 40 E And Dipping 75w.

References

MRDS	DC10743
DEP	10101991
Reference	{Deposit:: REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 31, P. 99-100.}{Deposit:: SAHINEN, U.M., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS-HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 32, P. 35}{Deposit:: HANSEN, M., 1971, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES-1970: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 82, P. 20.}{Deposit:: LAWSON, D., 1977, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES-1976: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULLETIN 103, P. 22.}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 57}{Production:: MBMG MEM. 31}
Reporter	Unknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)