Mine detail: Smith-Dillon Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.12296, -112.54309

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Ore:	Talc
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1945

Geology

Host rock:	Pre Belt;Amphibolite;Dillon Granite Gneiss;Meta Quartzite
Host type:	Marble
Structure:	Northeast Strike Of Lithologic Units, E-W Fault With Left Lateral Displacement Of 70 Ft At North End Of Pit
Tectonic:	Fault-Block Of Precambrian Rocks

References

MRDS	W015574
DEP	10071879
Reference	{Deposit:: OKUMA, A. F., 1971, STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN RUBY RANGE NEAR DILLON, MONTANA: UNPUB. PH.D. DISS. PENN. STATE U. P. 99-102}{Deposit:: OLSON, R. H., 1976, THE GEOLOGY OF MONTANA TALC DEPOSITS: IN MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPEC. PUB. 74, P. 128.}{Deposit:: PERRY, E. S., 1948, TALC, GRAPHITE, VERMICULITE, AND ASBESTOS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. MEM. 27, P. 4-6}{Deposit:: GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 85, P. 161}{Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8}
Reporter	Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.), Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)