Located at 5,275 ft in altitude on the East side of the Flint Creek Valley. It is in the West central portion of the Philipsburg District, and started as a silver camp in 1864. In 1867 Philipsburg was officially founded and is now the County Seat for Granite County.
Ref.: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 323.
Prinz, William C. (1967) Geology and Ore Deposits of the Philipsburg District, Granite Co., Montana.
REF:Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 201-20.
Deposit:: USGS PP 610, P. 151-52.
Deposit:: MBMG BULL 30, P. 21.
Deposit:: USGS BULL 1237.
Deposit:: USBM RI 6611, P. 56-73.
Deposit:: USBM RI 5612, P. 20-3.
Deposit:: USGS BULL 922-G, P. 147-57.
Production:: USGS
Commodities (Major) - Silver, Manganese; (Minor) - Gold, Lead, Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron; (Trace) - Antimony, Cobalt, Tungsten, Arsenic
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Belt Series, Humboldt Gabbroic Complex, Philipsburg Batholith, Phoshoria Formation
Host Rock: Phosphorite, Quartzite, Shale, Limestone
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