Mine detail: Cottontail Mine

Previously called 'Huron Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.19018, -112.95311

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Discovery year:	1865

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Madison
Host type:	Limestone

References

MRDS	W002867
DEP	10105524
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 6.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 92}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 20, P. 5}{Deposit:: 1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G., BULL. 6, SHENON, P.J.}{Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G., BULL. 85, GEACH, R.D.}{Production:: GEACH, R.D., 1972, M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.}
Reporter	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Mlynarczyk, Meg S.