Montana · Mineral County
Occurrence

Lime Gulch Prospect

Mineral County, Montana, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formVEINLETS/PODS
Ore controlZone Of Brecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueAnkerite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
StructureMuch Tight Folding Accompanied By Some Shearing Is Evident Throughout A Belt Several Hundred Feet Wide Which Trends 10 - 20 Deg W. Narrow Zones Of Shearing, Which Are Apparently Discontinous And Perhaps Have An Echelon Orientation, Have Sheeted And Brecciated The Rocks Without Much Differential Movement., A Northward Trending Shear Zone
Tectonic settingBelt Basin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1944
Identification
Deposit ID10019061
MRDS IDDC08431
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.19599, -115.07377
References
CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGIC AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS - SUPERIOR AREA MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I, PP. 606 - 607 .CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-11-1963