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Madison Quartz Deposit B

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019838
MRDS ID DC11677
Record type Site
Current site name Madison Quartz Deposit B

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87725, 45.34434 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 5 MILES NE OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 002W 05 SE OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION JUST WEST OF DIRT ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87725, 45.34434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT 180 FT X 20 FT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City District-Granite Creek Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT ECONOMIC DUE TO SMALL SIZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J.M., SOME HIGH-PURITY QTZ DEPOSITS IN MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 54, P. 28, 1966.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 08-27-1968

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE MBMG BULL 5

Reporter information

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

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