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Fleming's Halloysite Prospect

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010830
MRDS ID D004820
Record type Site
Current site name Fleming's Halloysite Prospect
Related records 10172359

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.92061, 45.25712 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Relative position 0.5 MILE SW OF ERMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 011W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SECTION 2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result P.C.E. EXCEEDS CONE 12

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.92061, 45.25712
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fleming, Robert
    Home office Dillon, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IS 25 FT. DEEP WITH A SHORT DRIFT AT BOTTOM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 68

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE TO PALE ORANGE CLAY.
Deposit MATERIAL CAN BE USED FOR CERAMIC PRODUCTS IF BLENDED WITH A BONDING CLAY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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