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Hitchcock Quarry

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012522
MRDS ID D008183
Record type Site
Current site name Hitchcock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22314, 46.736 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI W OF DRUMMOND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drummond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 013W 03 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN RATTLER GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 2.55% MGO, 49.66% CAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mission Canyon Formation
    Rock description Mission Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22314, 46.736
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garnet Range Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B. Hitchcock
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • STONE WAS QUARRIED FOR USE IN THE CRYSTAL SUGAR CO. PLANT AT MISSOULA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 46-7

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLUE-GREY MEDIUM-CRYSTALLINE MASSIVE LIMESTONE.
Deposit IN MORE RECENT TIMES LIMESTONE WAS QUARRIED FROM THE SAME FORMATION BUT IN THE GULCH E OF HITCHCOCK'S SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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