Mine detail: Cumberland Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.45269, -110.68555

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Jasper, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	CRESCENT-SHAPED POD
Discovery year:	1886

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1888

Geology

Host rock:	Mission Canyon Formation, Limestones
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Castle Stock, Granite;Dacite Porphyry
Associated 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

References

MRDS	W013433
DEP	10105639
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D., Krohn, Douglas H.