Mine detail: Pyrenees Mine

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.19517, -113.23841
dep_id: 10105538
mrds_id: W007424
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VERTICAL SHEET
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation Near Surface, Sulfide Ore Below
ore_ctrl: Cable Stock; Northeastward - Trending Folds And Faults
Reporter: Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Cable Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Philipsburg Batholith, Cable Stock
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1870
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 84, P. 18, 19.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 236.
  • Deposit:: MBMG M&M NO 31, P. 20-1.
  • Deposit:: MBMG INF. CIR. 31, PLATE 4
  • Deposit:: USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1918, 1933, 1935, 1949, 1950.
  • Deposit:: 1906 GEOLMAP EMMONS AND CALKINS
  • Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP MBMG EARLL
  • Production:: MBMG BULL 84. MBMG MEM 31, P. 21; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEAR BOOK*0
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