Mine detail: Minerva Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.92434, -112.04393

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Iron

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1926

Geology

Host rock:Greyson
Host type:Shale
Tectonic:Laramide Fold-Thrust Belt
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Gouge

References

MRDSDC11082
DEP10102013
Reference{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16.}{Deposit:: ALEXANDER, R.G., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE WHITEHALL AREA, MONTANA YELLOWSTONE-BIGHORN RESEARCH PROJECT, CONTRIBUTION 195, 111 P.}{Deposit:: LINDQUIST, A.E., STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WHITEHALL MINING DISTRICT, JEFFERSON CO., MTZ MT. SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, 1966, P. 80.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE MBMG BULLETIN 1}{Production:: MBMG BULLETIN 16}
ReporterUnknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)