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Madison Quartz Deposit C

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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019890
MRDS ID DC11816
Record type Site
Current site name Madison Quartz Deposit C

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.74086, 45.63796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Reservoir(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 001W 28 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED JUST EAST OF US HIGHWAY 287

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) Gneiss and amphibolite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M
    Length 27.43M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 19 DIKES, LARGEST 90 X 15 FT., SMALLEST 15 X 2.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE MBMG BULL 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NINETEEN SEPARATE QUARTZ DIKES: LARGEST 90 X 15 FT; SMALLEST 15 X 2 FT
Deposit OVER 90% QUARTZ. NOT ECONOMIC ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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