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Kate Creek

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Graphite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010315
MRDS ID D003920
Record type Site
Current site name Kate Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91944, 44.76861 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 33 MILES SW OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012S 011W 22,27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG UPPER COURSE OF MCBRIDE CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.91944, 44.76861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North Trending Fault Zone Along Contact Of Limestone And Gneiss And Schist.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH GNEISS & SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Medicine Lodge - Cabin Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner National Carbon Co.
    Home office N.Y.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, & PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 85 , P. 165

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1979-12-01 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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