Deposit: N-s vertical structure cuts silicified brecciated quartzite. Vein-gossan has lenses of white quartz with streaks of dark quartz containing disseminated sulfides. Fractured wallrock has yellow-brown limonite on hairline fracture surfaces; streaks of chalcedonic quartz lace wallrock in some areas.

Development: No activity at time of examination in aug 1982. Claim notice with "montana claim" dated 1931

Ore(s): Breccia Zone

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Commodity List

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ⓘ Mercury

Mineral List

ⓘ 'Limonite'

ⓘ Quartz

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Quartzite

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ⓘ 'Limonite'

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Limonite'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10046902

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References

Tingley, J.V., (1982), Field Examination of 15 August 1982.

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