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Nelson Gulch Marble Deposit

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Marble, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10019318
MRDS ID DC09496
Record type Site
Current site name Nelson Gulch Marble Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13421, 46.5374 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI SW OF HELENA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 004W 17 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF NELSON GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13421, 46.5374
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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 Helena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, MM, ET AL, 1946, WRITTEN COMM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VAST BODY 7 VARIETIES: CREOLS, SINIATS, EGYPTIAN BLACKS, AND CREAMS, MUCH WHITE STATUARY MARBLE OF GREAT VALUE, AND GEORGIAN WHITE MARBLE.

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

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