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Kain Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013348
MRDS ID D009586
Record type Site
Current site name Kain Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02588, 46.46101 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position N SIDE OF CLANCY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
008N 003W 07 SW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF THE KING SOLOMAN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)(Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)(Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02588, 46.46101
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Comments on the production information

  • GRANITE FROM THIS QUARRY WAS USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE WINGS OF THE STATE CAPITAL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MBMG BULL 94, P. 13.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY WAS CUT INTO A GRANITE KNOB. THE RESULT OF THE QUARRY IS A LARGE NOTCH CUT INTO THE KNOB. THE GREATEST HEIGHT IS 34 FT AND THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCE ACROSS THE BASE OF THE CUT IS 60 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 94, P. 11, 13

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 94, P. 13.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOOD PROSPECTS FOR REMOVAL OF LARGE BLOCKS OF GRANITE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PERPENDICULAR SETS OF WIDELY SPACED JOINTS ORIENTED N10E, 75 SW AND N80W, 75 NE, PERMIT THE QUARRY BLOCKS HAVING A MINIMUM DIMENSION OF 5 FT. SHEETING IS ORIENTED N45W, 20NE. BLACK INCLUSIONS ARE ABUNDANT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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