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Crystal Butte

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019946
MRDS ID DC12018
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Butte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07087, 45.60323 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position APPROX 9 MI E OF TWIN BRIDGES, Location Uncertain, Location Uncertain, Location Uncertain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 004W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1960 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07087, 45.60323
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TRENDS NE. MASSIVE LENTICULAR BODY, WHITE TO PINKISH, SLIGHTLY IRON STAINED. FORMS TOP OF ROUNDED HILL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name So. Boulder District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1966, P. 21-22.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 08-26-1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 93.6 TO 98.7% QUARTZ. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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