Mine detail: Black Chief Iron Mine

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Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.18072, -113.10647
dep_id: 10019611
mrds_id: DC10949
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Contact Of Limestone And Granite
Reporter: Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.), Unknown
hrock_unit: Madison Formation
hrock_type: Marble,Limestone
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Mount Powell Batholith
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG INF CIRC 13, P. 30.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 244.
  • Deposit:: USFS FIELD REPORT
  • Production:: EMMONS, 1913 USGS PROF. PAPER 78
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