Mine detail: Packer Creek Barite Deposit

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Location: Mineral County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.43237, -115.51879
dep_id: 10019050
mrds_id: DC08408
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Galena
gangue: Limonite
Reporter: Unknown, Rojstaczer, Stuart A.
Structure: A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of Subparallel Faults And Folds
tectonic: Belt Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: DEMUNCK, V. C. AND ACKERMAN, W. C., 1958 , BARITE DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 22 , P. 21 .
  • Deposit:: WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 588 .
  • Deposit:: CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 195 .
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-01-1962
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