Mine detail: Cleve-Avon Group

Previously called 'Franklin MineCleve - Avon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.60406, -112.91617

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Galena, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	CHIMNEY-LIKE DEPOSITS, BEDDING DEPOSITS
Discovery year:	1873

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1877

Geology

Host rock:	Hasmark
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Three Separate Sets Of Fractures, Tight Folds, Great Fault, Pioneer Batholith

References

MRDS	W007444
DEP	10110437
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85.}{Deposit:: LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 85.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 25, P. 69-74.}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574}{Deposit:: 1948 COMPILE M.B.M.G. MEM. 25}{Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85}
Reporter	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Mlynarczyk, Meg S.