Montana · Deer Lodge County
Past Producer
Black Chief Iron Mine
Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States
Iron
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Iron
Secondary
Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Contact Metasomatic
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface
Ore control
Contact Of Limestone And Granite
Materials
Ore minerals
Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue
Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote
Geology
Host rock
Marble,Limestone · Madison Formation
Associated rock
Granite
Structure
Mount Powell Batholith
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10019611
MRDS ID
DC10949
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
46.18072, -113.10647
References
MBMG INF CIRC 13, P. 30.USGS PP 78, P. 244.USFS FIELD REPORTEMMONS, 1913 USGS PROF. PAPER 78