Mine detail: Redemption Iron Mine

Previously called 'Iron Age'

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Location: Granite County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.32211, -113.27648
dep_id: 10019445
mrds_id: DC10374
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron, Manganese
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Tremolite
gangue: Diopside, Scapolite
orebody_fm: PODS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Redemption Fault
Reporter: Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_unit: Hasmark Formation
hrock_type: Marble
arock_unit: Philipsburg Batholith
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Philipsburg Batholith, Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Year first produced: 1904
yr_lst_prd: 1957
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG INF CIRC 13, P. 28.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 219-20
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 725, P. 173-174.
  • Deposit:: MBMG BULL 10, P. 21.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 1237, P. 31-59, PLATES.
  • Production:: PARDEE, USGS BULL. 725
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