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Foster Creek Limestone Bluff's Sample

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012525
MRDS ID D008186
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Creek Limestone Bluff's Sample

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13008, 46.18683 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position N OF ANACONDA CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(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

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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 17 NW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BLUFFS ON E SIDE OF FOSTER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH CALCIUM LIMESTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 95% CALCIUM CARBONATE, 0.5% MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Formation
    Rock description Jefferson Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13008, 46.18683
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

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 Johnson Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 22 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, P. 25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONGLOMERITIC ZONE CONTAINING ANGULAR PIECES OF TAN AND BLUE-GRAY LIMESTONE.

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

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