Mine detail: Silver Bullion Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.45823, -112.08892

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1934

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	TO 1950
First production started:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Cherry Creek Series, Marble-Gneiss
Host type:	Marble
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Tobacco Root Batholith, Mine Is On Nose Of N30e Plunging Horse Creek Synform
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	DC11100
DEP	10108511
Reference	{Deposit:: REYNER, M.L., 1949, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, P. 71.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 41, P. 18.}{Deposit:: LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956 PHD, U OF MICH}
Reporter	Unknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)