Montana · Wheatland County
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Wheatland County, Montana, United States
ZincPetroleum (Oil)VanadiumNickel
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Petroleum (Oil), Vanadium, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSYNGENETIC SEDIMENT-HOSTED (CARBON-RICH)
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureBLACK SHALE FACIES
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID60000745
MRDS IDISM0571
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates46.49992, -110.0008
References
DESBOROUGH, G.A., POOLE, F.G., GREEN, G.N., 1981, METALLIFEROUS OIL SHALES IN CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-121, 14 P.DESBOROUGH, G.A., AND POOLE, F.G., 1983, METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN SOME MARINE BLACK SHALES OF THE U.S., IN SHANKS, W.C., ED., CAMERON VOL. ON UNCONVENTIONAL MINERAL DEPOSITS: SOC. MIN. ENG., AIME, N.Y., P. 99-110.ANON., 1981, MONTANA OIL SHALES: MINING JOURNAL, NOV., P. 393