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Clay Deposit In Northeast Missoula

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodity Brick Clay
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014293
MRDS ID D011004
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit In Northeast Missoula

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93706, 46.8785 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northeast Missoula(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 019W 13 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON A SMALL KNOLL ON THE E END OF EAST MISSOULA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • P.C.E OF 2; AVERAGE FIRING RANGE OF 1900-2000F

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Dolomite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Illite Ore
Kaolin Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 61-67 S102
Result 13-14 AL02
Result 1.8-1.9 FE
Result 1.3-1.5NA02
Result 2.2-2.8 K20

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Missoula Glacial Lake
    Rock description Missoula Glacial Lake
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93706, 46.8785
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Missoula Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE OF 55 MILLION TONS OF USABLE CLAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 45, P. 16,17,18,20,27,32,39,42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PINK VARVED ILLITIC SILICEOUS CLAY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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