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West Mullan Gulch Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019313
MRDS ID DC09458
Record type Site
Current site name West Mullan Gulch Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.84868, 46.44017 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position DEPOSIT STARTS ABOUT 2.5 MI W OF DEER LODGE, EXTENDS NORTH AND NORTHWEST., 0.4 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conleys Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N;008N;007N 010W;011W;010W 01,02,03,04,05,06,08,09,10,11,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,32,33,34,35,36;01;01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG CENTRAL FOR DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gravel
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rose Mountain (Gold Creek) District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-25-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANIC ASH IN TERTIARY LAKE BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-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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