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Blue Eyed Nellie Magnesian Limestone 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. 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012528
MRDS ID D008189
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eyed Nellie Magnesian Limestone Sample

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05924, 46.18322 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.0 KM NW OF WEST VALLEY.

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 14 SE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE BLUE EYED NELLIE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • METALLURGICAL USES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGED 20.0% MGO AND 31.1% CAO

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05924, 46.18322
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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 Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mining district

District name Blue Eyed Nellie District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 24 FT, 18 FT, AND 27 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, 25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE COARSE-GRAINED MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE CONTAINING SPORATIC LIMONITE STAINED VUGS. SOME AREAS ALSO CONTAIN SMALL AMOUNTS OF GARNET AND PYRITE.

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

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