Mine detail: Pyrenees Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.19517, -113.23841

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VERTICAL SHEET
Discovery year:	1870

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Cable Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Philipsburg Batholith, Cable Stock
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Near Surface, Sulfide Ore Below

References

MRDS	W007424
DEP	10105538
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)