The Fox Copper Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 3,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.4075, -115.34722
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Fox Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fox Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Osburn Fault
Type: L
Description: Nw Striking Vertical Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, HARRY A., 1910, EAST COEUR D'ALENE MINING DISTRICT, MONTANA: THE MINING WORLD, P. 275
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
