Mine detail: Dillon Nickel Deposit

Previously called 'Wolf Creek Nickel Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.08351, -112.40754

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel
Tertiary:	Chromium
Ore:	Annabergite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Pre Belt
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Harzburgite
Associated type:	Harzburgite
Structure:	In Uplifted Block Of Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks, Elk Creek And Sweetgrass Faults.
Alteration processes:	Annabergite Is Normally An Alteration Product

References

MRDS	W026525
DEP	10078272
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 38, P. 30.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85. P. 155-156.}{Deposit:: SINKLER, H. 1942, ECONOMIC GEOL. VOL. 37, NO.2, P. 136-152.}
Reporter	Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)