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Limespur Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019510
MRDS ID DC10722
Record type Site
Current site name Limespur Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.89614, 45.83101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2.5 MILES FROM JEFFERSON ISLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 002W 18 SW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON NORTH SLOPE OF JEFFERSON RIVER EAST OF JUNCTION WITH SHEEP GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SHOWED AN AVERAGE OF 95.5% CACO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mission Canyon Formation
    Rock description Mission Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3218.6M
    Width 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Organics And Chemical Precipitation

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 95.5% CALCITE, 2.42% DOLOMITE, 1.38% SILICA AND ALUMINA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Production years PRIOR 1925

Comments on the production information

  • NO LIMESTONE HAS BEEN PRODUCED SINCE 1925 (CHELINI, P. 19)

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE TO UNDERGROUND STOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J, 1965, LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE AND TRAVERTINE IN MONT., MBMG. BULL 44, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-21-1961

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE MBMG. BULL 44

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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