Nw Garrity Mountain Limestone Sample

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012523
MRDS ID D008184
Record type Site
Current site name Nw Garrity Mountain Limestone Sample

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10147, 46.15433 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.4 KM NW OF BARKER PEAK OF GARRITY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 28 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E OF WARM SPRINGS LIMESTONE SAMPLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 90% CALCIUM CARBONATE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10147, 46.15433

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT SAMPLE.

Comments on development

  • LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FOR PROPOSED STEEL PLANT E OF ANACONDA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44, . 25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ZONE OF ANGULAR BLUE FINE-GRAINED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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