Stevensville Barite Deposit

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019269
MRDS ID DC09349
Record type Site
Current site name Stevensville Barite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.9065, 46.471 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG CENTRAL FOR THE AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corley Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot 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 Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N;008N;009W 018W;019W;019N 06;01,12;25,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ANOTHER BA SOURCE IS ABOUT 4 KM NW NEAR STORM CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Ravalli Group
    Rock description Ravalli Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3.66M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sapphire Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F And S Mining Co.
    Home office Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miller Brothers
    Home office Stevensville, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG 1C 22, P. 17-8.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-01-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS AND VEINS
Deposit AREA SEEMS FAVORABLE FOR PROSPECTING FOR LARGER DEPOSITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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