Mine detail: Flathead Mines

Previously called 'Hog Heaven Project'

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Location: Flathead County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.92298, -114.58289
dep_id: 10221224
mrds_id: W014676
mas_id: 300290001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc, Gold
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Hot-spring Au-Ag (Pb)
Development status: Plant
ore: Pyrite, Galena, Argentite, Marcasite, Bornite, Enargite, Silver, Sphalerite, Matildite
gangue: Alunite
orebody_fm: PODS, SHOOTS; IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Reporter: Avery, Dale
hrock_unit: PORPHYRITIC LATITE, Argillite
hrock_type: Latite,Argillite
arock_unit: Hog Heaven Volcanics; Porphyritic Latite Plug
Year first produced: 1928
disc_yr: 1913
References:
  • Deposit:: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 24.
  • Deposit:: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 95, 1975, P. 8.
  • Deposit:: COCA MININE COMPANY. MINE/DEPOSIT FILE REPORT-FLATHEAD
  • Deposit:: MINES, POLSON, MT. FINAL REPORT, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
  • Deposit:: CONTRACT NO. S0221028, MARCH 1983.
  • Deposit:: CAREY, C. C. ALTERATION PETROLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE
  • Deposit:: HOG HEAVEN MININE DISTRICT, MT. MS THESIS, UNIV. OF
  • Deposit:: MONTANA, 1981.
  • Reserve-Resource:: COCA MINES INC. 1984 ANNUAL REPORT, P.6.
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