Mine detail: Little Mile Creek Asbestos Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

44.75797, -111.42527

Resource(N)

Primary:	Asbestos
Ore:	Chrysotile
Gangue:	Antigorite, Aragonite
Orebody form:	BANDED
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Cherry Creek Series-Marble, Schist
Host type:	Marble,Schist
Associated rock:	Gabbro
Associated type:	Gabbro
Structure:	N. 25 Deg E., Shearing Has Been Responsible For Formation Of Asbestos Fiber
Tectonic:	Complex-Compound Syncline Or Synclinorium

References

MRDS	M060195
DEP	10109647
Reference	{Deposit:: PERRY, E.S., 1948, TALC, GRAPHITE, VERMICULITE, AND ASBESTOS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 27, P. 39-4}{Production:: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES MEM. 27, P. 40}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Doyle, Brien (Wells, John)