Mine detail: Red Mountain Tunnel

Previously called 'Montana Lead Crosscut Tunnel No. 1.'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.48046, -112.24533

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Aplite Dyke;Butte Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, Red Mountain Fault
Alteration processes:	Sericitization

References

MRDS	DC11448
DEP	10102035
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 428, PL. 1, P. 33, 54, 56.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 249, PL. 41}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 249-54.}{Production:: USGS PP 428, P. 56.}
Reporter	Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)