Bell Ranch Clay Prospects

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019860
MRDS ID DC11727
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Ranch Clay Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.81282, 45.26907 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 34,35 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result TOTAL ALUMINA: 18.6-21.8%. AVAILABLE ALUMINA: 8.8-11.0%. UNSUITABLE FOR CERAMIC USE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.81282, 45.26907

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGH-AL MONTMORILLONITE CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 27, P. 11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.