Indian Head Rock Deposits

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019421
MRDS ID DC10016
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Head Rock Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31005, 46.26796 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.5 KM W OF BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 006W 13,14,23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE ON ADIT NEAREST INTERSTATE 91, SEC 14, T6N, R6W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Lowland Creek Volcanics;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lowland Creek Volcanics;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31005, 46.26796

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, PODS, LENSES
    Strike N35E
    Dip 50SE
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Random Research Corp.
    Home office Boulder, Mt.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOOTWALL SIDE OF APLITIC BAND MUCH PROSPECTING IN THE MINERALIZED ZONE HAS BEEN DONE, SOME MINERALIZATION OF HANGING WALL SIDE OF APLITE ALSO OCCURS. APLITE BAND BARITE CRYSTALS WERE OBSERVED IN THE VOLCANICS ALONG JOINT PLANES. VUGS IN THE VOLCANICS ARE PARTLY FILLED WITH BARITE CRYSTALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 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.

External references