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Algonquin Mine (West Algonquin; Trout-Algonquin Mine), Philipsburg District (Flint Creek District), Granite Co., Montana, USA

Fluorite
Algonquin Mine, Philipsburg District, Granite Co., Montana, USA

Photo: Karl Volkman 12/07
Latitude: 46°19'40"N
Longitude: 113°15'51"W
Sec. 30, T 7 N, R 13 W.

Commodities (Major) - Silver, Manganese; (Minor) - Copper, Lead, Zinc
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Hasmark Formation, Red Lion Formation
Structure: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust, Philipsburg Batholith
Host Rock: Limestone
Tectonic Structure: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline

Mineral List

Ankerite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Dolomite
var: Mg-rich Dolomite

Enargite
Fluorite
Galena
Hemimorphite
Hetaerolite
Manganite
Nsutite
Polybasite
Proustite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Silver
Sphalerite
Tennantite
Todorokite
Woodhouseite


27 entries listed. 25 valid minerals.

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References

Prinz, William C.(1967): Geology and Ore Deposits of the Philipsburg District, Granite Co., Montana. Geological Survey Bulletin. 1237, 66p

USGS PP 78, P. 212.

USGS BULL 922-G, P. 157-204.

USBM REP INVES 4723, P. 57.

USGS BULL 725, P. 146-47.

MBMG BULL 30, P. 21.

USGS BULL 1237, P. 31-57, PLATES.

(Production): USGS BULL 725C, U

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