The Blakely Cliffs is a chromium mine located in Sweet Grass county, Montana at an elevation of 8,301 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 45.45667, -110.16750
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Blakely Cliffs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blakely Cliffs
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: PGE
Location
State: Montana
County: Sweet Grass
District: In Stillwater Complex
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Bushveld Cr
Orebody
Form: MASSIVE LAYERS, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: R
Description: The Stillwater Complex Is Exposed Along The Northern Margin Of The Beartooth Uplift, One Of Several Laramide Basement-Cored Ranges That Make Up The Rocky Mountain Foreland Of South-Central Montana (Foose And Others, 1961: Kulik And Schmidt, 1988)
Type: L
Description: Small Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Harzburgite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Harzburgite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES OF MASSIVE CHROMITE: 47.6-51.0% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Olivine
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST. GENERALIZED LOCATION
Comment (Commodity): NO PUBLISHED PGE DATA AVAILABLE FOR THIS AREA
Comment (Geology): AGE OF STILLWATER COMPLEX IS 2,705 +/- 4 MA BASED ON U-PB SYSTEMATICS ON ZIRCON-BADDELEYITE (PREMO AND OTHERS, 1990)
Comment (Deposit): CHROMITITE LAYERS C THROUGH G ARE EXPOSED. MASSIVE LAYERS AVERAGE 3 IN. THICK. DISSEMINATED AREAS ARE UNECONOMIC
References
Reference (Deposit): ZIENTEK, M.L., 1993, MINERAL RESOURCE APPRAISAL FOR LOCATABLE MINERALS: THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, IN HAMMARSTROM, J.M., ZIENTEK, M.L., AND ELLIOTT, J.E., EDS., MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH STUDY AREA, CUSTER AND GALLATIN NATIONAL FORESTS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-207, P. F1-F83.
Reference (Deposit): PREMO, W.R., HELZ, R.T., ZIENTEK, M.L., AND LANGSTON, R.B., 1990, U-PB AND SM-ND AGES FOR THE STILLWATER COMPLEX AND ITS ASSOCIATED SILLS AND DIKES, BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: IDENTIFICATION OF A PARENT MAGMA?: GEOLOGY, V. 18, P. 1065-1068.
Reference (Deposit): HOWLAND, A.L., GARRELS, E.M., AND JONES, W.R., 1949, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF BOULDER RIVER AREA, SWEETGRASS COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 948-C, P. 74.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
