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Foster Creek Dolomite Bluffs Sample

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Dolomite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012526
MRDS ID D008187
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Creek Dolomite Bluffs Sample

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1248, 46.16878 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.6 KM NW OF THE MOUTH OF FOSTER CREEK.

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

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 20 CENTER OF E2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF FOSTER CREEK, IN THE BLUFFS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • METALLURGICAL USES.

Analytical data

Result AVERAGED 6.5% MGO AND 47.1% CAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1248, 46.16878
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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

  • 16 FT, 6.5 FT, 18 FT, 12 FT, AND 25 FT SAMPLES

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. 20-22, 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERNATING BEDS OF WHITE AND BLUE LAMINATED MEDIUM-GRAINED MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE. ALSO THERE IS BLUE LAMINATED MEDIUM-GRAINED MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE WHICH OVERLIES A WHITE MASSIVE-BEDDED, FINE-GRAINED, AND HIGHLY FRACTURED CARBONATE.

Reporter information

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

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