Mine detail: Cumberland Mine

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Location: Meagher County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.45269, -110.68555
dep_id: 10105639
mrds_id: W013433
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Jasper, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: CRESCENT-SHAPED POD
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Replacement Pod Occurs Along Flexure Which Strikes N 15 E And Dips 44 E; Dolomitic Limestone
Reporter: Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D., Krohn, Douglas H.
hrock_unit: Mission Canyon Formation, Limestones
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Castle Stock, Granite;Dacite Porphyry
arock_type: Dacite,Granite
Structure: Castle Stack, El Dorado - Lombard Overthrust, Warm Springs Anticline, Little Belt Anticline, Castle Stock, Corral Creek Anticline, Northeast-Striking Flexure
tectonic: Rocky Mountain Foreland
Year first produced: 1888
disc_yr: 1886
discr: Lafe Hensley And Sons
References:
  • Deposit:: WINTERS, A. S., 1968, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CASTLE MOUNTAIN, MINING DISTRICT, MEAGHER CO., MT., M.B.M.G. BULL. 64.
  • Deposit:: ROBY, R. N., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS, MEAGHER CO., MT., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7540
  • Production:: WINTERS, 1968, M.B.M.G. BULL. 64.
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