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Wolf Creek Coal Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Subbituminous, Bentonite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010519
MRDS ID D004266
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Creek Coal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06867, 47.0024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position JUST S. OF WOLF CREEK, 27 MI. N. OF HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 004W 02 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JUST S OF WOLF CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Subbituminous Primary
Bentonite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06867, 47.0024
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO MEDICINE FM. HAS SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC MEMBERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 10 OR MORE SMALL PITS AND ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, ROGER G., 1979, ROCKS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WOLF CREEK AREA, LEWIS AND CLARK AND CASCADE COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1441, P. 81-82

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON R.G. SCHMIDT: BULL. 144

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COAL MINED FROM 4 BEDS IN LOWER 65 FT. OF SEDIMENTARY MEMBER OF TWO MEDICINE FORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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