Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlMarble Host Rock
Geology
Host rockMarble · Pre Belt;Amphibolite;Dillon Granite Gneiss;Meta Quartzite
StructureNortheast Strike Of Lithologic Units, E-W Fault With Left Lateral Displacement Of 70 Ft At North End Of Pit
Tectonic settingFault-Block Of Precambrian Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1945
Identification
Deposit ID10071879
MRDS IDW015574
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.12296, -112.54309
References
OKUMA, A. F., 1971, STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN RUBY RANGE NEAR DILLON, MONTANA: UNPUB. PH.D. DISS. PENN. STATE U. P. 99-102OLSON, R. H., 1976, THE GEOLOGY OF MONTANA TALC DEPOSITS: IN MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPEC. PUB. 74, P. 128.PERRY, E. S., 1948, TALC, GRAPHITE, VERMICULITE, AND ASBESTOS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. MEM. 27, P. 4-6GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 85, P. 1611972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8