Mine detail: Willow Creek Mine

Previously called 'Ruby Ridge'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.11129, -112.01336

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Ore:	Talc
Orebody form:	POD
Discovery year:	1945

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1970

Geology

Host rock:	Dolomitic Marble;Calcitic Marble;Quartzo Feldspathic Gneiss
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Marble Cut Off By Faults To North And To East, Folds In Metamorphic Sequence
Tectonic:	Precambrian Basement

References

MRDS	W013393
DEP	10070451
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 45, P. 43-}{Deposit:: 1975 GEOLMAP MBMG OPEN FIL}{Production:: OWNER AND PERSONAL OBSERVATION}
Reporter	Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.), Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)