Mine detail: Red Pine Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.52157, -112.08447

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, NARROW QUARTZ VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Cherry Creek Series
Host type:	Marble
Structure:	Tobacco Root Batholith, Overturned, Isoclinal Folds Plunge N 10 W, 24 Nw.
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W013450
DEP	10107298
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 9.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 6972.}{Deposit:: LAWSON, 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85.}{Deposit:: BURGER, R.H., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON, CO., MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 41, P. 21 GILBERT, F.C., DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM. 15, P. 53.}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)