Here is one of the small pits that make up the Section 8 prospects. A few secondary copper minerals have come from this pit, mostly malachite.
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Specializing in minerals from
Montana
Section 8 Prospect, Broadwater
County, Montana
Nearly one mile north of the Summit mine, are a
number of shallow prospect shafts. The original names have been lost to
time, for convenience they are referred to as the Section 8 prospects as they
lie within T4N R1W Sec8. For the most part, the shallow shafts have been
closed by backfilling. The few remaining dumps and workings have produced
a few specimens of secondary copper and lead minerals.
Here is one of the small pits that make up the Section 8
prospects. A few secondary copper minerals have come from this pit, mostly
malachite.
The remains of a shallow backfilled shaft can be seen
slightly above and to the left of the tree in the foreground. This dump
has produced a number of wulfenite micros.
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