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Horse Creek Talc Prospect

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013890
MRDS ID D010435
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek Talc Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12753, 45.43046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.7 MI S 64 E OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 004W 05 SE OF SW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Talc Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Clinozoisite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12753, 45.43046
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Horse Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CAVED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 45, P. 22-23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT SHOWS MALACHITE ON VEIN QUARTZ. TALC OCCURS IN 2 FT THICK LAYER OF MARBLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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