A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Barite and galena from Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA |
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| Description | This sample, from Deer Lodge County in southwestern Montana, contains tan and white colored barite and black galena. It is about 6.5 cm wide. Barite is barium sulfate and galena is lead sulfide. Both are commonly associated in ore deposits, and Deer Lodge County has historically been a well known mining area. |
| Location | USA ▹ Montana ▹ Deer Lodge. Near Butte. |
| Photographer | Twyla Baker. 2001-05-30. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #873. |
| Key words | barite, galena |
| Tech details | 492 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 569 |
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