Mine detail: Montana Resources (Butte/Berkely/Continental)

Previously called 'Berkeley PitBerkeley UndergroundCopper Moly DomeContinental EastContinental WestKellyBadgerElmBerkeley NeckButteContinental AreaBadger-ElmOrlu'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.0202, -112.52729

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Silver, Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead, Manganese, Zinc
Ore: Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: Tabular
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Digenite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Huebnerite, Kaolin, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Rutile, Sericite, Tennantite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
Discovery year: 1864

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1880-2000
First production started: 1882

Geology

Host rock:BUTTE QUARTZ MONZONITE
Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Porphyry

References

MRDSW013425
MAS300930001
DEP10173000
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ReporterBuckingham, David A.