Mine detail: Sunshine Mine

Previously called 'Tungstar MineTarlach Mine'

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.10767, -113.25619
dep_id: 10105540
mrds_id: W007434
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Tungsten
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LNESES
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Northeast - Trending Syncline, Intrusive Granodiorite
Reporter: Krohn, Douglas H., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_unit: Jefferson Limestone;Maywood Formation;Red Lion Formation;Hasmark Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Mine On East Limb Of Syncline, Mine On Tarlach Reverse Fault Which Strikes N 50 E To N 70 E; Dips 70 S; Philipsburg Batholith
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
yr_lst_prd: 1957
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 27, 29, 35-39.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 10, P. 16.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 46, P. 9.
  • Deposit:: USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1953, 1956.
  • Deposit:: 1958 GEOLMAP USBM WALKE
  • Production:: WALKER USBM R. I. 5612
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