| Deposit ID | 10078272 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026525 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dillon Nickel Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Wolf Creek Nickel Deposit |
| Related records | 10293997 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.40754, 45.08351 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2316 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 14.5 MI S50E OF DILLON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Elk Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ruby(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 009S | 007W | 01 | Montana |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Annabergite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Harzburgite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Harzburgite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Pre Belt |
| Rock description | Pre Belt |
| (1) | -112.40754, 45.08351 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | In Uplifted Block Of Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Elk Creek And Sweetgrass Faults. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| Discoverer | C. N. Roberts |
| District name | Ruby Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026525 |
MBMG MEM 38, P. 30.
MBMG BULL 85. P. 155-156.
SINKLER, H. 1942, ECONOMIC GEOL. VOL. 37, NO.2, P. 136-152.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL AMOUNTS OF NICKEL AND SPOTTY DISTRIBUTION THROUGH DEPOSIT. COMPLEX IS BOUNDED ON SOUTHWEST BY THE ELK CREEK FAULT, AND ON THE NORTHEAST BY THE SWEETGRASS FAULT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-77 | Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-80 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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