Mine detail: Schmidt Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.56796, -112.16226

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Chrysocolla, Iron, Malachite, Quartz
Orebody form:	NARROW STRINGERS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pony Gneiss;Meagher Limestone
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Tobacco Root Batholith, Schmidt Fault, N40e, 70e
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC11926
DEP	10102055
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 155.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 6972, P. 69.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 24, P. 37.}{Deposit:: HORTON, F.W., 1916, MOLYBDENUM, ITS ORE AND THEIR CONCENTRATION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 111., P. 76-77.}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., USGS BULLETIN 574}{Deposit:: 1916 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 111}{Deposit:: 1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 24.}
Reporter	Unknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)