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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