Red Lodge

Producer in Carbon county in Montana, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008965
MRDS ID D001535
Record type Site
Current site name Red Lodge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.25077, 45.16659 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Lodge West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clarks Fork Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Carbon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.25077, 45.16659

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERDLICK, J.A., 1948, INVESTIGATION OF THE FOUR CHROMES AND OTHER CHROMITE DEPOSITS, RED LODGE DIST., CARBON COUNTY MONTANA: USBM REPT. INV. 4369

  • Production

    HERDLICK, 1948, USBM R.I. 4369

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.